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Kuwait presents resolution British PM faces mounting Blow to Modi as India Manchester City 2 calling for truce in Idlib 8 legal and political challenges 11 growth slows again 27 cruise to the top

US blacklists Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya in Mediterranean

Tehran accuses Washington of engaging in ‘piracy and threats’

WASHINGTON: The United States has blacklisted tweet Friday. the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, saying it had “reliable The US Department of Treasury said the vessel was Egyptian president arrives in Kuwait information” it was transporting oil to Syria in defiance “blocked property” under an anti-terrorist order, and of wide-ranging sanctions on the regime of Bashar Al- “anyone providing support to the Adrian Darya 1 risks Assad. Previously known as Grace 1, the vessel was being sanctioned”. The ship’s captain, Akhilesh Kumar, seized in July by British Royal Marines and held in was also blacklisted under the order. Since its release Gibraltar for six weeks on suspicion it was delivering from Gibraltar, the Adrian Darya has been bouncing oil for Tehran’s ally Damascus. around the Mediterranean, its every move followed The oil tanker at the center of a dispute between with intense speculation. The vessel was in waters Washington and Tehran is no longer heading towards north of Cyprus as of 0745 GMT, according to the Turkey’s Iskenderun port and now has no specified MarineTraffic tracking website. destination, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed yester- Lebanon had earlier dismissed Turkish claims that it day. Refinitiv tracking data registered the ship’s desti- would receive the ship, which has a cargo of 2.1 million nation as “for order”, after previously listing it as barrels worth around $140 million. While Iran has Iskenderun. “For order” usually means a vessel is avail- denied selling the oil to Damascus, experts said the able for charter. likely scenario was for a ship-to-ship transfer, with a Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Syrian port as the final destination. accused the United States on Twitter of engaging in Maritime traffic monitors had shown that the Adrian “piracy and threats” to stop Tehran selling oil to tradi- Darya’s latest listed destinations, which are not neces- tional clients. The British territory released the ship- sarily the next approved port of call, were in Turkey. despite US protests-after it said it had received writ- After tracking sites showed Mersin as its destination, it ten assurances from Iran that the vessel would not then switched to Iskenderun, prompting a reaction head for countries under European Union sanctions. from Turkey’s foreign minister Friday. “This tanker is Tehran later denied it had made any promises about not heading actually to Iskenderun (in Turkey), this the ship’s destination. “We have reliable information tanker is heading to Lebanon,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Egyptian President Abdel that the tanker is underway and headed to Tartus, during a visit to Oslo. Fattah El-Sisi on his arrival at the Kuwait International Airport yesterday.— KUNA Syria,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a Continued on Page 24 KUWAIT: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Ghanem, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh accompanied by a delegation of officials, arrived in Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and other Kuwait yesterday beginning an official visit during senior State officials. September 12, the White House said in a statement on which he would hold talks with His Highness the Amir Advisor at the Amiri Diwan Khaled Yousef Al-Fulaij Trump will host Amir at Friday. The visit “will build on the longstanding partner- Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. is heading the honorary mission accompanying presi- ship between the United States and Kuwait and further The Egyptian president was welcomed at the air- dent El-Sisi. The official delegation of president El- White House on Sept 12 strengthen our substantial economic and security ties,” port by His Highness the Amir, His Highness the Sisi includes Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry, head of according to the statement. Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- the presidential Diwan Major General Mustafa Sherif WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will It added that “the two leaders are expected to dis- Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al- and a number of government officials. — KUNA welcome His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah cuss regional developments, bilateral security coopera- Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the White House on tion, and counterterrorism issues.” — KUNA

distraught after two of his children made it India leaves to the list but he was left out. “Even my father’s name is there in the final NRC but I have been left out,” the Saudi separates nearly 2m off 39-year-old told AFP. Assam has long seen large influxes from elsewhere, citizens’ list including under British colonial rule and industry and around Bangladesh’s 1971 war of inde- GUWAHATI: Almost two million people pendence when millions fled into India. mining from in northeast India were left facing state- For decades this has made Assam a lessness yesterday after they were hotbed of inter-religious and ethnic ten- excluded from a citizenship list aimed at sions. Sporadic violence has included the energy ministry weeding out “foreign infiltrators”, in a 1983 massacre of around 2,000 people. process the central government wants to Security was beefed up in Assam ahead RIYADH: Saudi Arabia created a new ministry replicate nationwide. of the release of the NRC, with some for industry and mineral resources, separating it A total of 31.1 million people were 20,000 extra personnel brought in and from the kingdom’s colossal energy ministry, and included in a National Register of Citizens gatherings banned in some locations. replaced the powerful head of the royal court, in (NRC), but 1.9 million were deemed ineli- There were no disturbances reported a series of royal orders issued late on Friday. gible, according to an official statement. A yesterday however. Anxious residents Bandar Alkhorayef, an investor and industrial- large chunk of those excluded were had started queueing up since early ist plucked from the private sector, was named to expected to be Muslims. Shahibul Haque morning, braving rain GUWAHATI: People check their names on the final list of the National Register of head the new entity, which will become inde- Shikdar, a Muslim college teacher, was Continued on Page 24 Citizens (NRC) at Buraburi village in Morigaon district of Assam yesterday. — AFP pendent on Jan 1. The move appears to diminish the sprawling authority of Khalid Al-Falih, who retains control of the energy portfolio and chair- rule, appeared in court in a black metal manship of state oil giant Saudi Aramco. Falih Bashir charged cage wearing the country’s traditional had overseen more than half the Saudi economy white attire and turban. through the super-ministry, which was created in Judge Al-Sadiq Abdelrahman outlined 2016 to help streamline new reforms. But despite with illegal use the charges at what was the third session ambitious plans for industry and mining, the sec- of the trial, saying foreign funds of multi- tors have seen relatively little development. of foreign funds ple currencies were found at his home. Saudi economist Fawaz Al-Fawaz said the split Authorities had “seized 6.9 million euros, was a step in the right direction but still not KHARTOUM: Sudan’s ousted president $351,770 and 5.7 million Sudanese enough. “There are scattered efforts in local Omar Al-Bashir was charged in court pounds at (Bashir’s) home which he content and military manufacturing and a con- yesterday with illegal acquisition and use acquired and used illegally”, said stant lack of investment. We need more thought,” of foreign funds, offences that could land Abdelrahman. he said on Twitter. him behind bars for more than a decade. Speaking for the first time in court, In a separate royal order, Fahd bin KHARTOUM: Sudan’s ex-president Omar Al-Bashir (right) appears in court in the capital Bashir, who was deposed in April follow- the 75-year-old Bashir said the seized Mohammed Al-Essa was appointed head of the Khartoum yesterday to face charges of illegal acquisition and use of foreign funds. — AFP ing months of mass protests against his Continued on Page 24 royal court, a powerful gatekeeper position in the absolute monarchy. Essa was formerly the head of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s construction firm Arabtec Holding, and other invest- others shared his view, he said. The US Embassy in Syria office at the defense ministry. UAE firms scout ment firms headed by prominent Emirati businessmen, wrote on Twitter on Aug 27 that it had received reports Former information minister Awwad Al- as well as members of the chambers of commerce, that some regional businessmen or chambers of com- Awwad was named new head of the official delegates said. The delegates left Damascus on merce planned to participate in the fair. human rights commission, and Mazen Al- trade at Syria fair Thursday and Friday. “We reiterate our warning that anyone doing busi- Khamous was made chairman of the national Businesses are exploring trade possibilities and ness (with the) Assad regime or its associates is expos- anti-corruption commission, according to the DAMASCUS: A delegation of at least 40 businessmen assessing their aims and budget, said Farouk Assassa, ing themselves to the possibility of US sanctions,” it orders. Riyadh launched a sweeping anti-corrup- from the United Arab Emirates attended a state-backed Senior Administration Manager at Essa Al-Ghurair, a said. “We repeat that it is unacceptable and inappropri- tion campaign two years ago which netted trade fair in Syria’s capital, defying US warnings Dubai-based supply chain provider and trader of agri- ate for businesses, individuals, and chambers of com- princes, senior officials and top businessmen. against doing business with the government and asso- cultural commodities. merce from outside Syria to participate,” it added. A One change announced on Friday affected one of ciates of President Bashar Al-Assad. The UAE, one of “This issue will take time to determine, but everything large UAE flag hung above the delegation stand where the most senior women in government. Deputy Washington’s main regional allies, has started to forge happens gradually,” he told Reuters TV in Damascus. He companies exhibited their goods and promotional labor minister Tamadur Al-Ramah was replaced closer ties with Damascus. In December, it reopened its said he was not worried about the US warning that com- material. The main sectors on display were concrete as Riyadh struggles to create jobs for its over- embassy there, angering Washington. panies dealing with the Syrian government could face products and real estate. whelmingly young population. — Reuters Representatives attended from companies such as sanctions. The large size of the UAE delegation showed Continued on Page 24 2 Established 1961 Local Sunday, September 1, 2019 Kuwait presents draft resolution calling for truce in Syria’s Idlib Kuwait vehemently rejects Syrian ‘financing terrorism’ allegations

NEW YORK: Kuwait, Germany and Belgium jointly expressed concern that the continued military escala- put forward on Thursday a draft resolution to the UN tion in northwestern Syria would negatively affect Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire in efforts of the UN Special Envoy and his team to revive the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. Kuwait, the Syrian political process. Germany and Belgium - three UNSC members and the Otaibi stressed the need to reduce escalation and council’s three co-penholders for the humanitarian situ- reach a ceasefire in order to stop blood shedding of the ation in Syria - would work with other members to brotherly Syrian people, who have suffered a lot during adopt a draft resolution that aims to put an end to the the past few years. He pointed out that Kuwait closely deteriorating humanitarian situation in Idlib, Kuwait’s follow up the efforts exerted for formation of the long- Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador awaited Syria’s constitutional committee. “We hope that Mansour Al-Otaibi said in a speech at a special UNSC the committee will be formed before the beginning of session on the developments in Syria. the next session of the UN General Assembly,” he said. “The military escalation in northwestern Syria in the Otaibi asserted that the constitutional committed past three months has displaced nearly half a million line-up should be balanced, inclusive and credible. He people and claimed the lives of at least 500 civilians,” suggested that the political process should be accom- he pointed out. The Kuwaiti envoy reiterated his coun- panied with several confidence-building measures, try’s condemnation of military acts, by any party, that notably making progress in detainees, prisoners and target innocent civilians, healthcare and civilian facili- missing persons’ dossiers. There is no military solution ties. He regretted resumption of escalation in the Syrian to the Syrian crisis, but rather a political solution that province, which has a population of three million, takes into consideration the aspirations of the Syrian URUM AL-KUBRA: Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the “White Helmets,” walk in the almost a year after the signing of the Russian-Turkish people in all its components and retains Syria’s securi- rubble outside a health facility that was hit by a reported Russian air strike after midnight in town of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which signifi- ty, sovereignty and territorial integrity based on UNSC Urum al-Kubra in the western countryside of Syria’s northern Aleppo province just before a truce went cantly de-escalated the situation there. Resolution 2254 and the Geneva Declaration of 2012, into effect, on August 31, 2019. — AFP Otaibi renewed calls for all parties to respect inter- he stated. national humanitarian and human rights laws. Otaibi dismissed Syria’s representative to the Counter-terrorism operations in no way absolve any United Nations’ allegations of some Kuwaiti institu- ism,” he said. He stressed that Kuwait gives priority to that hold accountable those who are linked to any ter- party to a conflict from obligations under international tions’ involvement in financing terrorism in Syria. “I do the humanitarian crisis in Syria and that the Kuwaiti rorist organization. It is not right (from Syria’s repre- law, including compliance with the principles of dis- not accept from the Syrian representative or anybody government certifies that Kuwaiti charities are carry- sentative) to level random accusations against people tinction, proportionality, precaution, protection of to implicitly or explicitly accuse Kuwait (of financing ing out humanitarian work in Syria and have nothing to or entities,” he said, emphasizing that these accusa- civilians and civilian facilities, he emphasized. He terror) or try to link it, in one way or another, to terror- do with terrorism financing. “We have laws in Kuwait tions are “totally untrue.” — KUNA

to Kuwait. The education ministry had The men were then seen running off, leav- local spotlight No hiring of then to terminate expat teachers’ con- Ten Kuwaitis ing the two victims on the ground as tracts at the instructions of the Civil passersby rushed to their aid. The British Service Commission and Public men were rushed to Famagusta hospital Reducing working hours expat teachers Authority for Manpower, the sources held in Cyprus with serious injuries, with one suffering said. “One of the terminated contracts stab wounds during the brawl. from inside belonged to a teacher whose work over ‘vicious Police have since arrested ten Kuwaitis permit said that he was brought in by who were remanded in custody, according a restaurant to work as a chef,” the to local media. Some Kuwaitis were also Kuwait sources explained. brawl’ treated for bruises and scratches and were In other news, MP Hamdan Al- By A Saleh later released, reported Cyprus Mail. By Muna Al-Fuzai By A Saleh Azmi warned Public Works Minister Around 20 British and Kuwaiti holiday- Jenan Boushehri from “an environ- AYIA NAPA, Cyprus: Two British nation- makers were involved in the fight which KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education mental catastrophe” in Sabah Al- als have been attacked and one was took place in front of 250 hotel guests. [email protected] will not sign contracts with expatriate Ahmad City due to her ministry’s reportedly stabbed by “ten Kuwaitis” fol- Meanwhile, sources revealed that the teachers and will cover shortages by alleged inaction. “Sabah Al-Ahmad lowing a mass brawl in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry is following up hiring Kuwaiti graduates, children of City is suffering from an environmen- The fight broke out next to a swimming with the case, and have contacted the ow many hours do you work per day? Many of Kuwaiti women and bedoons who tal catastrophe due to negligence and pool in a nearby hotel on Thursday evening Cypriot ambassador in Kuwait to learn us work forty hours a week, but how many of us, have valid security IDs, official inaction of your ministry,” he said. before a group of ten Kuwaitis were more details and find ways to resolve the whether men or women, have been able to bal- sources said. This decision was made “The city’s sewer drainage station has arrested. situation. The citizens are being held in H custody for a maximum of seven days since ance between their work and family commitments? in an attempt to prevent a problem a maximum capacity of 9,000 cubic In a video clip, filmed from inside a tour How many of us are satisfied with the number of hours that happened last year when the min- meters, while the city produces bus before being posted on social media, a their arrest pending investigations, and will they spend at work? istry hired teachers living in Kuwait, 24,000 cubic meters.” He said a new rabble of men are seen throwing a barrage be charged accordingly after the seven- These questions are of concern to millions of peo- but later discovered violations in work station must be installed to deal with of vicious punches and kicks as they fight day period unless the victims drop the ple around the world today. The discussion on the permits given to them before coming crisis immediately. on the busy road bringing traffic to a halt. case, the sources explained. subject did not receive much attention from business owners in the past because of the widely spread belief or culture that the employee who spent longer hours in the office achieves greater productivity. But this Firemen battle idea no longer seems sound or completely correct, and therefore the idea of reducing the 40 working hours a week has become a hot topic of debate. Mahboula, The World Economic Forum was held from 23 to 26 of January 2019 in the Swiss city of Davos, and Amghara fires focused on the causes and solutions to political, eco- nomic and social divisions in society. Adam Grant, Psychologist at the Wharton School of Business at the By Hanan Al-Saadoun University of Pennsylvania, said that reducing working hours makes employees more loyal to their companies, KUWAIT: Two vehicles in Mahboula were set which gives them more flexibility to take care of their ablaze Friday evening, as Mangaf and Fahaheel fire lives outside of work. Economists who participated in stations responded. The vehicles were found under a the World Economic Forum in Davos advised employ- shade, also used as a store for metal equipment and ers to apply the system four days a week. paperwork, which helped cause the flames to spread However, some business owners fear that reduc- to nearby trees. The fire was put out promptly. ing workers’ hours may create loss of new opportu- Meanwhile, a fire in an Amghara store was put nities for more sales. And in some cases, less work- out by occupational and Tahreer fire stations, and ing hours could mean less pay because dissatisfied was kept from spreading to nearby places. No employees may become less productive, and such injuries were reported in either incidents. conditions creates a poor working environment that Investigations were opened to reveal the causes of KUWAIT: Damage left by the fire in Amghara. affect the business. the two fires. The average working hours around the world is Separately, Abdullah Al-Mubarak detectives forty hours per week, but studies showed that Policeman injured arrested four Egyptian nationals, two of whom work Americans work longer hours than many people in In other news, a citizen stabbed a policeman dur- for Abdullah Al-Mubarak Co-operative Society, on Europe and Japan, with many US employees spending ing an argument that ensued after he pulled him accusations of stealing goods from the store. A 50 hours at work each week. Yet, some American over for a traffic violation. Backup was called in and society member had doubts about vehicles that do Tunisian diplomats companies and local governments are joining other the citizen was taken to concerned authorities, while not belong to the society and were parked outside, parts of the world in testing whether a reduction in the the policeman was taken to hospital. so he told detectives and the four were arrested. number of weekly work hours can boost employee in Kuwait to benefit productivity. International data showed that Mexicans have the most working hours in the world, according from UN experience to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) figures for 2019. TUNIS: A Tunisian diplomatic delegation began a Reducing working hours may seem an attractive visit to the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry to learn about idea for employees, but it is worrying for business Kuwait’s successful experience as a non-permanent owners, especially those who still believe that the member of the UN Security Council in 2018 and employee’s stay in his office, and perhaps for more 2019, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Tunisia Ali Al-Dhafiri than forty hours a week, means achievement and effi- said yesterday. Dhafiri indicated that this visit comes ciency. But the reality is that there are many employ- within the framework of coordination and coopera- ees who spend overtime hours, but they are not finan- tion between Kuwait and Tunisia and their contribu- cially compensated for it. This is because of the power tions in solving Arab issues, particularly the and control of the employer, and sometimes because Palestinian issue and resolving crises in Syria, Libya of the employee’s keenness to complete the work and others. He added that the delegation would without delay. become acquainted with Kuwait’s work mechanism I believe that reducing hours in a judicious manner adopted at the UN Security Council. He pointed out improves the chance of getting the most out of your that Tunisia, which was elected a non-permanent employees. Because the longer working hours can member of the UN Security Council to succeed increase the worker’s stress, and puts him under pres- Kuwait, whose mandate expires at the end of next sure that reduces productivity. December, will work like Kuwait to be the voice of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Arabs in this council. Dhafiri affirmed that there is Development (OECD) figures indicate that countries coordination between Kuwait and Tunisia to solve with a long working-hour culture often record low rates the Arab issues, especially the Palestinian cause and of productivity and GDP per hour of work. According to solve the various crises that afflict the region. In to the World Economic Forum, academic research sup- June, UN General Assembly members elected non- ports the view that a shorter working week will make permanent members of the UN Security Council for people happier and more productive. But how many 2020 and 2021 including Tunisia, Niger, Saint institutions are ready to take the lead on that? A fireman takes a break while battling a blaze in Mahboula. Vincent and the Grenadines and Vietnam. — KUNA Established 1961 3 Local Sunday, September 1, 2019 Authority inspectors ensure safety of all produced, imported foods in Kuwait Kuwait Flour Mills and Bakeries Company to provide healthy foods to school canteens

By Nawara Fattahova hydrogenated fats. Also, their bread contains less institutions dealing with food,” said Abdullah Abbas, salt than other bakeries. All their products are pro- Head of the Inspection Department for Mubarak Al- KUWAIT: Starting from the beginning of this year duced through an automated process, which is very Kabeer Governorate. checking and inspecting on restaurants, cafes, and important for students’ safety. Furthermore we Inspection of school canteens is also part of their other institutions dealing with food became part of demanded producing special sizes that are suitable checkups. “We inspect the factories and importing the responsibilities of the Public Authority for Food for young students, as they usually do not finish the companies before they sign an agreement with the and Nutrition (PAFN). regular size of sandwich and other items. These Ministry of Education. If their products meet the PAFN is an internationally recognized authority products will be specially made to the school can- criteria then we give the approval to deal with them. for food and nutrition safety. “It is an independent teens and will not be available in the market.” Then after the schools start, our department form body that aims to protect consumers’ health through “From 2016 we made an agreement with some committees in each governorate to inspect the inspecting the produced or distributed food in the local companies that produce juices and dairy to school canteens,” he also said. local market to make sure it applies to the health and “If any inspector had doubts about a certain food safety criteria. This should also spread awareness to product, we will take a sample to check it at the lab- eliminate malnutrition diseases and protect general oratory. Also, we take random samples of the special health,” Mohammed Jragh, Public Relations Director Parents should Wajd Al-Othman Mohammed Jragh products of the factory that will supply the school at PAFN told the Kuwait Times. canteens. Doubts arise if the lighting or the ventila- More duties were transferred to PAFN gradually. be aware of started with the elementary schools first, as this is tion system was not good, which may affect the food “PAFN was established in 2015, and from that time, their children’s the basic. This way the student will get used to products,” added Abbas. more fields are being added to our responsibility healthy nutrition and preserve it in later stages. It is Any food product cannot enter the country with- from both the Ministry of Health and Kuwait nutrition more difficult at the intermediate stage if they were out being checked. “This checking process belongs Municipality,” he stated. “These include the slaugh- not used to it from a younger age,” she pointed out. to the Imported Food Department. The inspectors terhouses, food products, and others.” Parents should be aware of the healthy nutrition first do visual examination to the products, then they of their children. “They should know the harm of take a sample that is checked at the laboratory. The School canteens unhealthy food, which they should not give to their shipment should be held until the results come from The authority is also in charge of inspecting the decrease added sugar to juices and nectars,” she children. Our role is limited to inspecting the sold the laboratory saying it is safe,” he noted. canteens at schools. Recently, PAFN decided to further said. “We appreciate their cooperation in items at the canteens, and we are not in charge of According to him, tests on a certain brand of gum strictly inspect the canteens to make sure that they dropping the sugar level to the possible limit that checking what the children brought with them from that an account on social media claimed that it only sell healthy products, and banned certain prod- will not affect the taste. Only these juices will be home,” Othman concluded. includes pork came negative, despite the fact that ucts from being sold to students. available in the canteens. Also, drinks other than the producer at the country of origin stated on his “We will be dealing with the Kuwait Flour Mills juices and nectars were already banned in canteens 24-hour shifts social media account that all the products of his fac- and Bakeries Company that will supply the canteens according to the GCC list For Schools Cantinas Food PAFN inspectors go on regular inspections on tory include pork. Abbas doesn’t know if there is with special products,” noted Wajd Al-Othman, Criteria.” daily bases. “Our inspectors work on 24-hour shifts. shortage in the Kuwaiti laboratories that make them Nutritionist at PAFN. “We have chosen this compa- “We aim to improve the nutrition and health con- Then they also go on group inspections twice a unable to detect all traces of pork gelatin, but he ny as they modified their products according to our dition of the students to treat malnutrition and avoid week depending on the seasons, which may increase assured that all gums were withdrawn from the local criteria. For instance, the products will be free of it. We have bigger plans, and this is the first step. We in Ramadan or Eid for instance. We inspect all the market due to the statement of the producer.

Kuwaitis urged to update personal info ahead of bourse IPO KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Capital Market Kuwait’s stock exchange is an integral Authority (CMA) has requested citizens step towards national development, help- to update their personal details ahead of ing transform the country into a financial the local stock market’s initial public hub, added the statement. Kuwait has offering (IPO), which allows nationals to taken measures in recent years to priva- own 50 percent of shares. The names of tize its stock exchange, which was offi- Kuwaiti citizens registered with the cially established in 1983 and is one of Public Authority For Civil Information the oldest markets in the Middle East. As will be released on September 8th, while per a law passed in 2010, the CMA is the stock market’s shares will be offered supposed to offer 50 percent of the on an equal basis to all nationals, the shares to Kuwaiti citizens and another 50 capital market regulator said in a state- percent to ten companies already listed ment yesterday. The privatization of on the stock exchange. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Traders seen at the local stock market in this file photo. —KUNA

tion in social responsibility. Vice KFH prepares Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Center of Excellence Dr Adnan Sultan praised the role of KFH in social respon- IELTS program sibility, noting that KFH has long track record in supporting student activities for 300 Kuwaiti and projects. He added during the launch of the program in the College of Business students Administration, that KFH has always been supporting activities, student proj- KUWAIT: As part of Kuwait Finance ects, educational initiatives and youth House (KFH) strategic partnership with events, praising the great care and Kuwait University, College of Business cooperation demonstrated by KFH in Administration (CBA) and Center of this field. This reflects the Bank’s leader- Excellence, preparation program for ship in social responsibility, pointing out IELTS tests has been launched to train that KFH’s contributions have positively and qualify 300 Kuwaiti students to impacted various educational and aca- pass the IELTS tests which is a require- demic institutions in Kuwait. KFH con- ment and a prerequisite for admission to tinues its keenness of supporting the international universities. educational process and youth as they KFH’s partnership with Kuwait are key pillars for comprehensive devel- University and its efforts in supporting opment and the most prominent ele- the educational and academic institu- ments in sustainability that comes within tions confirm the bank’s leadership posi- the Bank’s priorities. 4 Local Sunday, September 1, 2019

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KUWAIT: A view of Kuwait City from the Marina beach. — Photo by Maysoon Al-Fares (KUNA) Low income families in Kuwait aided at start of scholastic year 2,000 school bags, stationery and uniforms distributed to children

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti humanitarian and welfare associa- (response) network - provided necessary medical tions are helping low-income families with donations at equipment and water resources to the Yemeni people. launch of the new scholastic year where financial bur- Fifteen incubators were provided to a number of hos- dens on them noticeably pile up. As regularly each year, pitals in Yemen with 5,670 premature babies benefiting Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has distributed from the medical apparatus, Oun noted, adding that 2,000 school bags, stationaey and uniforms to children water wells were also dug in Yemen’s Sah city offering of these families. KRCS Chairman Dr Hilal Al-Sayer clean water to 1,320 people. He further indicated that the said in a statement that the society would continue aid- KRCS also carried out Eid Udhiya (sacrificial meat) ing these families in the future. Almost simultaneously, projects in several towns and cities in Yemen, benefiting the society has launched the project, “donate to edu- 4,266 people. A cornerstone for a well project in Marib cate them,” to aid students - for the sixth year in a city was set, Oun pointed out, saying that 3,500 families row. The KRCS deputy chairman, Anwar Al-Hasawi, will benefit from the well. Meanwhile, the KRCS Director said in a statement, on margins of launching the cam- General called on those eager to do more good for the paign at 360 Mall, that the society would cover school Yemeni people to continue providing a helping hand, fees for 5,000 students. Last year, the society paid the stressing that their contributions were important. school fees for 4,260 students, including 22 special Meanwhile in Ankara, Turkey, the Kuwaiti urologist needs, he said. Dr Faisal Al-Hajeri said that he and another Kuwaiti sur- In Sudan, the International Al-Rahma Organization geon, Dr Azzam Al-Zair, conducted seven surgical oper- distributed aid to people affected with the floods in ations for Syrian refugees in the Turkish towns of Khartoum’s suburbs. Up to 1,000 food parcels were dis- Reyhanli and Hatay in two days. Among the Syrians who tributed to people stricken with the catastrophe. underwent operations were two children, injured during Moreover, the KRCS executed during August a number the war in their home country, he said. The two Kuwaiti of multifaceted humanitarian projects in the war-torn doctors along with Dr Abdullah Al-Nuaimi from Qatar country of Yemen, said an official. KRCS Director have also examined 20 patients of various ages. Kuwait KUWAIT: KRCS Chairman Dr Hilal Al-Sayer with the volunteers during a campaign to distribute school supplies to General Abdulrahman Al-Oun revealed that the project - has been regularly aiding a large number of the Syrian low-income families. — KUNA carried out in coordination with Yemen’s Estijaba refugees at Turkish cities and shanty towns. — KUNA

relief flight carrying 40 tons of humanitarian aid by First flight of Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), with the aim to help out the victims of the floods in Sudan. “This initiative comes from His Highness the Amir Kuwaiti relief Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s instructions for aiding our brothers abroad to ease their suffering,” he lands in Sudan continued. “Kuwait is known to be humanitarianly active in responding to the calls of the needy, everywhere in the world,” he said.”We are expecting the arrival of another KHARTOUM: The first relief flight of Kuwait’s humani- airplane here in Khartoum on Monday carrying more and tarian ‘air bridge’ arrived on Friday at Khartoum more humanitarian supplies for the victims,” he added. International Airport carrying 40 tons of food and Meanwhile, Chairman of Kuwait Red Crescent Society humanitarian aid to Sudan. This flight was sent to aid (KRCS) Dr Hilal Al-Sayer said that the organization will the affected people of Sudan who suffered from flash provide all necessary needs and aid to support our broth- floods across the states of the nation. Kuwait’s ers in Sudan, on and off the field. Torrential rains and Ambassador in Khartoum Bassam Al-Qabandi said an floods have battered Sudan for over a month, affecting ‘air bridge’ was initiated with the arrival of the first nearly 200,000 people across 15 states. — KUNA Established 1961 5 Local Sunday, September 1, 2019 Kuwait Airways receives Airbus A320neo aircraft Receiving new Airbus 320neo important moment: Chairman Jassem

HAMBURG, Germany: The ‘Kathemah’ A320neo jetliner, the newest addition to Kuwait Airways’ Kuwait Airways Board Chairman Youssef Al-Jassem (right) and Director General of Airbus Middle fleet. —KUNA photos East Fuad Al-Attar sign documents during the ceremony.

HAMBURG, Germany: Kuwait Airways (KAC) fuel-saving efficiency. He said the delivery of the join the already operational 10 Boeing 777-333 ER airplanes would further strengthen cooperation and received the first of a batch of A320neo aircraft from A320neo followed the “recovery of His Highness the aircraft. “We are witnessing leaps in numbers of pas- relations between the two sides. The delivery of the European multinational aircraft manufacturer Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- sengers, and we expect the number to be around five A320neo, he added, marked the 65th anniversary of Airbus at a ceremony held in Hamburg city, north million passengers by end of this year,” he added. Kuwait Airways. Germany on Friday. The ceremony gathered KAC Jassem said the development of Kuwait Airways fleet Board Chairman Youssef Al-Jassem, head of the was in line with the company’s strategy to provide the 15 aircrafts Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Youssef First of 15 best services for the passengers. Seating 134 passengers, this jetliner is the first of Al-Fawzan, Director General of Airbus Middle East Meanwhile, Fawzan said DGCA would facilitate 15 A320neo aircraft that will join KAC’s fleet in addi- Fuad Al-Attar and Kuwait Ambassador to Germany A320neo operation of Kathemah as soon as possible, adding tion to 13 aircraft of other Airbus versions. As part of Najib Al-Bader. The jetliner, called ‘Kathemah’, joins that a team from DGCA’s safety and legal depart- a plan to modernize its fleet, KAC signed a contract the fleet of Kuwait’s flag carrier after finalizing the aircraft to ments was in Hamburg to verify delivery documents with Airbus on December 2, 2013 to acquire 15 necessary arrangements. join fleet of the aircraft. Ambassador Bader said in the mean- A320neo and 10 A350 XWB aircraft, in addition to time that the Foreign Ministry was keen on sup- leasing 12 planes of A320neo and A330 types pend- Important moment porting national companies. He said he was happy ing the delivery of the new planes. On October 15, Jassem described the reception of the first Airbus with the upgrade of Kuwait Airways fleet, and the 2018, KAC signed a new contract with Airbus to 320neo plane as “an important moment in the compa- new plane would certainly contribute to better avi- acquire eight jetliners of A330-800 type, which has a ny’s history.” Speaking at the ceremony, Jassem said Sabah from a health setback.” ation services between Kuwait and Germany. capacity of 220 to 260 passengers. KAC’s modern- he was really happy to have received the aircraft Jassem said the A320neo marks the start of deliv- Director General of Airbus Middle East Fuad Al- ization plan will culminate in the expansion of its new which was equipped with state-of-art technology and ery of a total of 28 Airbus up until 2026, which would Attar, in a keynote speech, said the delivery of the fleet to 38 jetliners in 2026. — KUNA International SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 Britain’s leader faces mounting challenges Italy struggles as new law opens sex abuse floodgates Page 9 Page 8

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Afghan child laborers take a break to eat soup after collecting recyclable materials from the garbage in Mazar-i-Sharif. —AFP At least 36 Taleban fighters killed Taleban, troops clash in northern Afghan city amid peace talks with US KUNDUZ: Taleban forces attacked the ity is to protect the civilians,” said Sediq northern Afghan city of Kunduz yesterday, Sediqqi, a spokesman for the Afghan setting off hours of gun battles, even as US President Ashraf Ghani. “As always the negotiators move closer to finalizing a deal Taleban have taken positions in civilian with the insurgents for the withdrawal of areas,” he said in a tweet. American troops from the country. Heavy Taleban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid Convicted RFK fighting has gone on in Kunduz since the said in a tweet that Afghan forces were early hours of the morning after Taleban under heavy pressure in different parts of fighters attacked from several directions, the city. A Reuters reporter in Kunduz ear- assassin Sirhan forcing Afghan forces to rush in reinforce- lier said small-arms and heavy-weapons ments to prevent the insurgents from gain- fire could be heard in several residential Sirhan stabbed ing control of the city. areas. “The Afghan security forces are in Electricity and most telephone services control of the situation. Our security forces LOS ANGELES: Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian were cut, and residents were sheltering in can’t always control where the enemy refugee found guilty of shooting US presidential their houses, making it difficult to gain a attack, but we can control what effect they complete picture of the fighting. At least have,” said Massoud Andarabi, the interior candidate Robert F Kennedy to death in 1968, three civilians were killed and 41 wounded minister in Kabul. was wounded in a stabbing at a California were taken to hospitals, said Ehsanullah prison on Friday, according to media reports. Fazli, head of the public health department Troop withdrawal Celebrity website TMZ, citing unnamed in Kunduz city. The fighting in Kunduz, which the sources, was first to report that Sirhan, 75, had “The city is completely empty, shops are Taleban came close to capturing twice in been stabbed. locked, people aren’t moving, and light and recent years, came as expectations have HERAT: A boy uses a plastic bag as a kite as he plays on the outskirts of Herat in heavy weapons can be heard in several parts grown that US and Taleban negotiators in Afghanistan. —AFP Replying to a request for confirmation that of the city,” said local resident Khaluddin, Doha were close to securing an agreement Sirhan was wounded, Jeffrey Callison, a who like many Afghans goes by a single that would see a timetable for the with- States had had good negotiations going on Taleban and Afghan forces, who are spokesman for the California Department of name. Government officials in Kunduz and drawal of thousands of US troops. Zalmay with the Taleban but had not yet reached a backed by US air power, has not subsided. Corrections and Rehabilitation, said an inmate Kabul said the Taleban were seeking shelter Khalilzad, the Afghan-born US diplomat deal with them on US troops withdrawing Many Afghans worry that the withdraw- had been stabbed at the Richard J. Donovan inside homes and some of the fighters had leading the talks for Washington, is expect- from Afghanistan. al of foreign troops will leave Afghan entered the main hospital in the city. The ed in Kabul in the coming days to outline Sources in the Taleban said Trump’s forces vulnerable and further embolden the Correctional Facility near San Diego. The interior ministry said at least 36 Taleban the terms of a settlement to the Afghan statement that the United States will con- Taleban, who already control more territo- wounded inmate was taken to a hospital outside insurgents were killed in ground and air president ahead of meetings with NATO tinue to maintain a force in Afghanistan ry than they have since 2001. The war has the prison and is listed in stable condition, operations in three areas of Kunduz city and partners. even after a deal was reached was unac- ground to a stalemate, with casualties ris- Callison said in a statement, and a suspect has clearance operations were underway. Taleban officials said talks had resumed ceptable to them as they are demanding a ing among civilians as well as combatants. been identified in the assault. In a follow-up An airstrike in Zakhil area killed 20 yesterday and could continue until today. A complete pull-out of foreign forces. About More than 1,500 civilians were killed or email, Callison declined to identify the wounded Taleban including two commanders, US-Taleban accord would not in itself end 20,000 foreign troops, most of them injured last month, according to a report Afghan security officials said. Taleban the fighting in Afghanistan, but it would American, are now in Afghanistan as part by the United Nations. An American serv- inmate as Sirhan, citing department policy on spokesmen were not immediately available open the way for talks between the of a US-led NATO mission to train, assist ice member was killed in combat opera- not naming victims. to confirm the casualty figures. “Security Taleban and the government in Kabul for a and advise Afghan forces. Some US forces tions in Afghanistan on Thursday, the US A jury in 1969 found Sirhan guilty of assassi- forces are repelling the Taleban attack on wider peace agreement. US President carry out counter-terrorism operations. military said, the third to be killed here in nating Kennedy the previous year by opening fire some parts of Kunduz city. Their top prior- Donald Trump said on Friday the United Despite peace talks, fighting between the the past eight days. —Reuters with a .22-caliber pistol into a small crowd sur- rounding the Democratic candidate in the pantry murder and two counts of attempted murder. At the time, he had been working at the hospital as of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. German nurse accused The case bears similarities to that of Niels Hoegel, a nurse for just six weeks, but was already the subject Kennedy, a US senator from New York, was hit the serial killer nurse who was handed a life sentence of an internal investigation for allegedly administering three times and died the next day. He was later of murdering patients last June for the murder of 85 patients in his care. unprescribed medicines. The 27-year-old is now sus- Hoegel, believed to be Germany’s most prolific serial pected of committing a number of murders between buried at Arlington Cemetery, near his brother, BERLIN: German prosecutors are investigating a killer, murdered patients with lethal injections March 2015 and March 2016, while working at a hos- President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated male nurse suspected of murdering numerous between 2000 and 2005, before he was eventually pital in nearby Voelklingen. Seven bodies have been in 1963. Sirhan has said he fired at Kennedy patients in a case reminiscent of one of the country’s caught in the act. The prosecutor said that B. was exhumed during the investigation, of which six were because he was enraged by his support for Israel. worst serial killers, it emerged Friday. Following arrested in June 2016 after he was caught posing as found with traces of unprescribed and potentially He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was reports in local media, the state prosecutor in doctor in an attempt to gain access to a patient in the lethal substances including ajmaline, a substance also changed to life in prison after California banned Saarbruecken confirmed that the suspect, identified intensive care unit of a hospital in Homburg, near the used by Hoegel. B. is currently serving a separate the death penalty for a time. —Reuters only as B., was under investigation on five counts of French border. three-year prison sentence for fraud offences. —AFP 7 International Sunday, September 1, 2019 Iran goes further in breaching nuke deal, IAEA report shows Iran shows off undamaged satellite after failed launch

VIENNA: Iran has gone further in breaching its nuclear “Ongoing interactions between the Agency and Iran ... deal with world powers, increasing its stock of enriched require full and timely cooperation by Iran. The Agency uranium and refining it to a greater purity than allowed, continues to pursue this objective with Iran.” the UN atomic agency report said on Friday. The quarterly A senior diplomat added, however, that Iran had not report from the International Atomic Energy Agency, changed its level of cooperation and IAEA inspectors were which is policing the 2015 deal, confirms Iran is progres- able to visit all the locations in the country they needed to. sively backing out of the deal in retaliation for The message was an encouragement to do more to help Washington’s withdrawal form the accord and renewal of answer outstanding questions rather than provide access, sanctions that have hit Iranian oil sales. he added, without elaborating. Diplomats have often said Iran has said it will breach the deal’s limits on its nuclear Iran has dragged its feet while stopping short of crossing activities one by one, ratcheting up pressure on parties the IAEA’s red lines. who still hope to save it. US President Donald Trump has offered to hold talks with Iran on a broader deal but Undamaged satellite Tehran says first it must get relief from US sanctions. Iran showed off an undamaged satellite yesterday, days In July, the IAEA said Iran exceeded both a 202.8-kg after a rocket exploded on its launchpad in the third failed limit on its enriched uranium stock and its 3.67% cap on launch of the year, which US President Donald Trump had the fissile purity to which it is allowed to refine uranium. In tweeted about hours earlier. The United States has a verbal update on July 10, the IAEA said Iran was enrich- warned Iran against rocket launches, fearing the technolo- ing uranium to 4.5% purity and had stockpiled 213.5 kg of gy used to put satellites into orbit could help it develop enriched uranium. Friday’s quarterly report to member the ballistic missile capability needed to launch nuclear states obtained by Reuters said Iran has accumulated warheads, though Tehran denies its activity is a cover for 241.6 kg of enriched uranium and is enriching at around such development. the same level as before, up to 4.5%. On Friday, Trump posted on Twitter a photo of what Iran’s enriched uranium stock is still a fraction of the appeared to be the site of a failed Iranian satellite launch, tons it possessed before the deal. Its enrichment level is raising questions about whether he had disclosed US sur- also well short of the 20% it reached before the deal and veillance secrets. Reporters were shown the Nahid 1 the roughly 90% that is considered weapons-grade. Its (Venus 1) satellite at a state-run lab yesterday, Iranian breaches have therefore not yet made much difference to news agencies said. the time it would need to obtain enough fissile material for Asked about the explosion that led to the failed a nuclear bomb if it sought one. The deal - which set launch, Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi, the communi- nuclear restrictions in exchange for sanctions relief - cations minister, said the defense ministry should TEHRAN: A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidential office shows Iranian-made air defense mis- extended that time to roughly a year from a few months. announce incident details, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news sile system Bavar 373 (believe in farsi) during a ceremony in Tehran.—- AFP agency said. “But what we do know is that the Nahid Looming deadline satellite is still being prepared at the Iranian Space The rocket exploded on its launch pad on Thursday, an sanctions to try to force it to renegotiate a 2015 pact with Iran has threatened to take further steps by Sept 6, Research Institute,” he added. Earlier, in a Twitter post, Iranian official had told Reuters, although Iranian media world powers limiting its nuclear program. Trump with- such as enriching to 20% or restarting mothballed cen- Jahromi said, “Me & Nahid 1 right now. Good Morning did not report the failed launch. A US official also said Iran drew the United States from the pact in May last year. trifuges, machines that enrich uranium. The report also Donald Trump!” along with a picture that purported to suffered a satellite launch failure. Trump’s administration Trump has offered to hold talks with Iran but Tehran says hinted at less than ideal cooperation from Iran, saying: show him with the satellite. has ratcheted up economic pressure on Iran this year with it must first get relief from US sanctions. — Agencies

and Iranian-backed militias, the defectors Mass arrivals of Syria, Russia step and residents said. “There are daily rein- forcements coming from the Iranian mili- tias, elite Republican Guards units and migrants into up assault on Fourth Armored Division,” Colonel Mustafa Bakour, a commander in Jaish al Ceuta, Lesbos rebel stronghold Izza rebel group, told Reuters. Jets flying at high altitude dropped bombs on the outskirts of Idlib city, the MADRID: More than 150 migrants forced their way into Spain’s overseas BEIRUT: Syria and its ally Russia have heavily-populated provincial capital. The territory of Ceuta on Friday, hours after 540 people alighted in Greece as stepped up an offensive against the last aircraft were believed to be Russian, pressure on southern European states continues despite an overall drop in big stronghold of Syrian rebels, mounting according to activists who track the war- arrivals. The mass arrivals come after several charity ships that rescued more air raids and deploying ground planes’ activities. Russia’s defense min- migrants off the coast of Libya were denied access to Italian ports by out- reinforcements including Iranian-backed istry said Syrian government forces will going hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini. militias, army defectors and residents unilaterally cease fire in the “de-escala- On Friday, another such vessel belonging to charity Mediterranea said. The Russian-led alliance is pushing tion zone” in Idlib region on Saturday Saving Humans warned of an impending health emergency on board as into densely populated parts of Idlib morning, TASS news agency said. province in the northwest where millions it was stuck at sea after being banned from entering Italian waters. Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed in 2017 of people who fled fighting elsewhere in According to the latest data from the International Organization for to make Idlib a de-escalation zone to CEUTA: A migrant forces his way into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. Syria have taken refuge. Migration (IOM), more than 46,500 people had crossed the reduce fighting, although the terms were Over 150 migrants made their way into Ceuta after storming a barbed- The northwest offensive has prompted Mediterranean to Europe this year to August 28 and another 909 died never made public and the deal did not wire border fence with Morocco. — AFP UN warnings of a new humanitarian crisis in the attempt. include jihadist groups. Foreign Minister This marks a drop from the same period last year when over 68,000 amid the gains by Damascus and its part- ner Moscow, which has helped President Sergei Lavrov said earlier this month that people crossed and 1,562 died. But southern European nations still bear migrants have managed to storm the barbed wire fence in Ceuta as a Russia had military personnel on the the brunt of these arrivals. On Thursday, Spain’s acting deputy prime Bashar Al-Assad turn the tide in the group, the spokesman said. ground in Idlib province. In recent weeks, minister Carmen Calvo said Europe should step in more. “The countries eight-year-old conflict since intervening Once on Spanish territory, they are usually taken to a migrant recep- Moscow sent more special forces that that don’t have maritime borders also need to assume shared responsi- in 2015. Moving deeper into territory tion centre where they can ask for asylum. But Madrid has been known to helped break months of stalemate on bility,” she told lawmakers. send migrants back to Morocco. In August last year, Spain sent back 116 along the Turkish border, the advance took the town of Tamaneh after earlier frontlines where rebels had been holding migrants who had forced their way into Ceuta in a mass expulsion con- the army back, Western intelligence Climbing the fence capturing Khwain, Zarzoor and Tamanah demned by human rights activists. It is as yet unclear what will happen in sources have said. Rebel resistance has In Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta early on Friday, taking advan- this case. In Greece, meanwhile, around 540 migrants arrived Thursday farms, the defectors and residents said. tage of misty weather, 155 migrants stormed the barbed wire border that They were the first gains since the been eroded by relentless air strikes evening on the island of Lesbos on board 13 boats from nearby Turkey, against civilian areas since the advance separates it from Morocco. Some of them clambered over while others including 240 children. They were transferred to the cramped Moria alliance, battling a coalition of jihadists began in late April. The campaign has broke through a door in the fence. “They are all from sub-Saharan Africa, migrant camp where there are “nearly 11,000 people for a capacity of just and mainstream Turkey-backed rebels, destroyed dozens of hospitals, schools the majority from Guinea,” a spokesman for the central government’s 3,000,” medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said. seized a main rebel pocket in nearby and civil defense centers, paralysing life in office in Ceuta told AFP. Ceuta and Melilla, another Spanish enclave, rep- A Greek diplomatic source, who refused to be named, said Athens had Hama province last week. The offensive rebel-held areas. — Reuters resent the European Union’s only lander borders with Africa. informed the European Union about this “unprecedented rise” in the num- has been reinforced by elite army units All in all, though, the number of migrants arriving in both cities this year ber of migrants. Greece has overtaken Spain this year to become the main has dropped to just over 18 percent to 3,427 compared with 2018, accord- entry point for migrants seeking to get to Europe. At least 23,200 people ing to the latest interior ministry figures. This is the first time in a year that have arrived by sea so far this year, according to the IOM. — AFP

Trump’s Iran photo Sanctions-hit bank tweet raises worries denies Hezbollah ties about disclosure of BEIRUT: Lebanon’s central bank said it would guarantee all “legiti- mate deposits” in the newly sanctioned Jammal Trust Bank, which on Friday rejected US allegations that it helps to fund Iran-backed surveillance secrets Hezbollah. Washington hit the bank and its subsidiaries with sanc- tions on Thursday for allegedly facilitating the financial activities of WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday posted on Twitter the Shiite Hezbollah movement in Lebanon. a photo of what appeared to be the site of a failed Iranian satellite launch, The US Treasury Department accused the bank of funneling mon- raising questions about whether he had disclosed US surveillance secrets. ey to the families of suicide bombers. Secretary of State Mike The black-and-white photo showed the fire-blasted launch site at a space Pompeo said the United States is determined to cut off support in center in northern Iran including a damaged gantry service tower and a Lebanon for heavily armed Hezbollah, which Washington classifies as downed mobile erector launcher. a terrorist group. Lebanon’s central bank Governor Riad Salameh Trump, in his tweet, cited the specific location of the site, saying the told Reuters on Friday that it would guarantee money put in the bank United States was not involved in the “catastrophic accident during final by depositors not subject to sanctions. launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One Jammal Trust, a 50-year-old private commercial bank in Lebanon, in Iran.” Speaking to reporters at the White House later on Friday, Trump said it “unequivocally denies all the allegations” that prompted what defended his posting of the photo and reiterated that the United States it described as “surprising” sanctions. The bank’s statement said it had nothing to do with the incident. “We had a photo. I released it, which I has “unwavering commitment to ... international regulations on coun- have the absolute right to do,” Trump said. tering money laundering and terrorism financing”. Jammal Trust Bank He said the Iranians “were going to set off a big missile and it didn’t has 25 branches in Lebanon and representative offices in Nigeria, the work out too well. Had nothing to do with us.” The rocket exploded on its Ivory Coast and Britain, its website says. launch pad on Thursday, an Iranian official said. A US official also said Iran The bank is a relatively small lender. It had net assets of 1,600 bil- suffered a satellite launch failure. “I wish Iran best wishes and good luck lion Lebanese pounds ($1 billion) at the end of 2017, according to the in determining what happened at Site One,” Trump said in his tweet. annual report on the latest year for which data is available. Patrick Eddington, a former CIA satellite imagery analyst, said the photo- Washington has sought to choke off Hezbollah’s funding world- graph tweeted by Trump appeared to be a classified image taken by a US wide, with sanctions among a slew of steps against Tehran since US spy satellite. President Donald Trump withdrew last year from a 2015 international “If the president simply tweeted out an image from classified briefing nuclear deal with Iran. Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil joined that utilizes our most advanced overhead collection capabilities, it is no Salameh in seeking to reassure depositors. doubt welcome news to our adversaries,” said Eddington, now a research “I am certain of the banking sector’s ability to absorb the fellow at the CATO Institute. “While he has the authority to declassify any implications ... and guarantee the money of depositors,” he wrote federal document, Twitter is not a legitimate or responsible way to do so.” on Twitter, adding that the central bank is “doing what is neces- A US defense official told CNBC that the picture, which appeared to sary”. The Lebanese government has vowed to make urgent be a snapshot of a physical copy of the satellite image, was included in progress on reforms to ease economic troubles that prompted an intelligence briefing on Friday. The Pentagon did not have any imme- diate comment. The United States has warned Iran against rocket ratings agency Fitch to cut the country’s credit rating this month. launches, fearful the technology used to put satellites into orbit could Lebanon has one of the world’s heaviest public debt burdens at enable Tehran to develop the ballistic missile capability needed to 150% of GDP. The impetus to enact reforms has grown with the launch nuclear warheads. — Reuters slowdown of deposits into its banking sector, a critical source of finance for the state. — Reuters 8 International Sunday, September 1, 2019 British PM faces mounting legal, political, diplomatic challenges UK courts to rule on suspension of parliament

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan was Brexit ensnared facing mounting legal, political and diplomatic challenges With just two months until the United Kingdom is as Ireland accused Britain of being unreasonable and for- due to leave the EU, Johnson’s decision to ask Queen mer British leader John Major sought to stop the suspen- Elizabeth to suspend parliament was under challenge sion of parliament. The ultimate outcome of Britain’s tortu- from three separate court proceedings. The queen on ous three-year Brexit crisis remains unclear with options Aug 28 approved Johnson’s order to suspend parlia- ranging from a frantic departure without an exit deal or a ment from as early as Sept 9 to Oct 14, a move that last-minute agreement to an election or referendum that could cancel the whole endeavor. Johnson, the face of the Vote Leave campaign in the 2016 referendum, has promised to lead the United Parliament Kingdom out of the European Union in two months with or without a divorce deal, a threat he hopes will convince the prepares bloc to give him the exit deal he wants. In the eye of the Brexit maelstrom, though, Johnson was under mounting to battle pressure: opponents in parliament were plotting to tear up his Brexit plans or topple his government, while his sus- over Brexit pension of parliament was under scrutiny in the courts. Johnson’s bid to get the insurance policy for the Irish border changed were bluntly dismissed by Dublin which said London was being totally unreasonable. “Boris Johnson is outlining a very clear and firm position but it ensures parliament would sit for around four days less is a totally unreasonable position that the EU cannot than it had been expected to. facilitate and he must know that,” Irish Foreign Minister Former Prime Minister John Major, whose 1990-1997 Simon Coveney said in an interview with Ireland’s premiership included the 1992 disorderly exit of the Newstalk radio. pound from the Exchange Rate Mechanism, asked to German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Britain join one of the proceedings to block Johnson’s order. A should make concrete proposals as soon as possible but Scottish court will hear arguments on Sept 3, a case that the EU could not imagine reopening the Withdrawal brought by campaigner Gina Miller will be heard on MANCHESTER: Demonstrators hold up placards they join a protest against the move to suspend parlia- Agreement that Johnson’s predecessor Theresa May Sept 5 and a Northern Irish court will hear a separate ment in the final weeks before Brexit in Manchester, north-west England yesterday. — AFP agreed with Brussels in November. Britain insisted it had case on Sept 6. Ultimately, the cases could be combined made proposals on the border backstop and that it was to go to the Supreme Court - the final court of appeal in fessor of constitutional law at King’s College London In parliament, the battle for Brexit was due to begin “untrue” to suggest it had not. The government said British the United Kingdom which hears cases of the gravest said. “If the case of those bringing the legal proceed- in earnest on Sept. 3 when lawmakers return from their negotiators would hold twice-weekly talks with EU offi- constitutional importance. ings wins, the Supreme Court could quash and/or summer break and will try to either topple the govern- cials next month in an attempt to rework the Brexit agree- “Legal proceedings can be fast-tracked as the declare unlawful the Privy Council order authorizing the ment or force through a law designed to prevent Britain ment that Britain’s parliament has repeatedly rejected. judges in the case determine,” Robert Blackburn, pro- forthcoming prorogation,” said Blackburn. leaving the EU without an exit deal. — Reuters

The US State Department in a statement said it was Georgia warns of “monitoring reports of military build-up” in the area and called on all parties to “avoid escalation.” Russia’s foreign risk of ‘confrontation’ ministry called for “restraint”, while accusing Tbilisi of Bahamas, Florida in “deliberately fuelling tensions at the border in recent months through provocations and propaganda campaigns with South Ossetia backed by the West”. On Thursday, the OSCE said in a path of ‘dangerous’ statement that “recent developments along the administra- tive boundary line had negatively impacted the overall Hurricane Dorian TBILISI: Georgia warned Friday of the risk of a “serious security situation.” confrontation” with Russia-backed South Ossetia after the There had been “intense exchanges” at the meeting breakaway region demanded that Georgian authorities MIAMI: Hurricane Dorian strengthened into an about the border post although the talks had been cut remove a checkpoint on its disputed boundary. The short, the statement said, without giving further details. “extremely dangerous” storm on Friday as it bore Georgian foreign ministry said it observed “mobilization of down on the Bahamas and the east coast of the US The boundary line has become contentious in the wake of military equipment and personnel” near the village of spiraling tensions between Tbilisi and Moscow over state of Florida. Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Chorchana, where the checkpoint has been set up. The sit- Georgia’s aspirations to join EU and NATO. The two Minnis urged residents of the Atlantic Ocean archi- uation risks “escalating into a serious confrontation,” fought a brief war in 2008 over South Ossetia and anoth- pelago in the path of the “very powerful and poten- TBILISI: Georgian special police patrol the Georgian-South Georgia foreign ministry spokeswoman Mari er breakaway region Abkhazia. The war-which claimed the tially life-threatening hurricane” to seek safety. Ossetian border at a check point in the Kvemo Kartli Narchemashvili said. lives of hundreds of people from both sides-erupted after The Miami-based National Hurricane Center region some 120 km outside Tbilisi. — AFP At talks mediated by the EU and the Organization for Tbilisi launched a large-scale military offensive against (NHC) said Dorian, which is expected to make land- Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Moscow-backed South Ossetian forces which had been fall in the Bahamas today and in Florida late Monday Thursday, South Ossetia demanded that Georgian police Ossetia officials say the checkpoint is right next to the vil- shelling Georgian villages. or Tuesday, “has strengthened to an extremely dan- dismantle the checkpoint before 0300 GMT on Friday, lage of Uista, known as Tsnelisi in Georgia. Later Friday, Russian forces bombed targets across the country and gerous Category 4 hurricane” on a five-level scale. according to one of the delegates at the meeting. “If this the Russian-backed breakaway republic’s president occupied swathes of its territory before withdrawing to The storm has winds near 140 miles per hour (220 condition is not met, the government (of South Ossetia) Anatoly Bibilov ordered that a checkpoint be erected the two separatist enclaves. After the conflict, which ended kilometers per hour), according to the NHC. “A pro- will take all legal measures to ensure security of the South nearby, and security officials announced they were starting thanks to a French-mediated ceasefire, the Kremlin recog- longed period of life-threatening storm surge and Ossetian people and protect the state border,” South a “humanitarian operation,” without giving details. “I hope nized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states devastating hurricane-force winds are likely in por- Ossetian delegate Yegor Kochiev said in televised remarks. Georgia... will do everything to resolve the instability they and stationed permanent military bases there. Tbilisi and tions of the northwestern Bahamas, where a hurricane Kochiev is a delegate to the Incident Prevention and caused by their illegal actions,” Bibilov was quoted as say- its Western partners have condemned the move as an “ille- warning is in effect,” the NHC said. Response Mechanism (IPRM), which meets to discuss the ing by Russian agencies. “Resolving this issue by force gal occupation” of what amounts to 20 percent of security situation under EU and OSCE mediation. South would be highly undesirable.” Georgia’s sovereign territory. — AFP ‘Very great danger’ Minnis, the Bahamas prime minister, told a press conference that the storm was life-threatening. “Those who refuse to evacuate place themselves in very great danger... Do not put your life and those of your loved ones at unnecessary risk. “Do not be fool- Paris suburb pioneers ish and try to brave out this hurricane,” Minnis said. “The price you may pay for not evacuating is your ‘noise radar’ to fine life.” With the path of the storm still uncertain, coastal Florida residents were not under evacuation orders roaring motorcycles yet but stocked up on food, water and other supplies and made preparations to flee their homes. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a statewide PARIS: Motorcycles thundering through residential declaration of emergency and urged its millions of neighborhoods, revving their engines and waking residents to prepare for what he said could be a up every child in the street, may soon be a thing of “major event.” “We’re anticipating a massive amount the past in France. A Paris suburb is trying out a of flooding,” DeSantis said. “We urge all Floridians to new system that can identify noisy vehicles, pin- have seven days’ worth of food, medicine, and water.” point their location and automatically ticket them. “If you’re in an evacuation zone and you’re ordered The device, which the mayor calls a “noise radar”, to evacuate, please do so,” DeSantis said. The Florida has been installed on a lamppost in the centre of National Guard said about 2,000 service members Villeneuve-le-Roi, a town next to Paris Orly airport. had been mobilized so far and another 2,000 would It will be activated as soon as a new government be on Saturday. DENVER: This screen grab from a video shows Diana Sanchez going into labor the morning of July 31, 2018 draft law permitting such systems is passed, said alone in her jail cell in Denver. — AFP Mayor Didier Gonzales. The town will link the ‘Absolute monster’ sound recordings to police CCTV cameras and President Donald Trump, whose Mar-a-Lago golf automatically issue tickets to offenders. “Noise is club is located in Palm Beach in Florida, said Dorian Denver Health personnel were aware that Sanchez was the bane of modern life and a major health issue. It was “looking like it could be an absolute monster” US woman left to pregnant, and that she was going through opiate with- hurts people like secondary smoking does,” said and canceled a trip to Poland to stay behind and drawal, making her imminent labor particularly risky, the Gonzales, who is also head of noise pollution focus on preparations for the storm. “All indications give birth alone in complaint said. agency Bruitparif. are it’s going to hit very hard,” Trump said in a video. The draft law, expected to be voted on this “Some people said bigger or at least as big as ‘Totally disorganized’ autumn, will allow local authorities to experiment Andrew,” a Category 5 storm that left 65 people dead jail cell sues city The day she gave birth, Sanchez told the deputies “at with systems to record and fine riders who exceed in 1992, he said. Trump declared a state of emergency least eight times” that she was experiencing contractions. noise limits. France already has legislation limiting in Florida authorizing federal assistance to supple- She also told them when her water broke. The guards were vehicle noise, but it is hard to enforce as it relies on WASHINGTON: A Colorado woman is suing the city of ment state and local efforts. Georgia - another south- also able to monitor her situation via live video feed from police catching offenders individually. “We have Denver for causing her “unnecessary terror, pain and eastern state that could be in the storm’s path - has her cell and informed the jail nurse of Sanchez’s situation, nothing against Ferraris or Harley Davidsons, but humiliation” after she was left alone in her jail cell while declared a state of emergency for 12 counties. the complaint said. Instead of calling an ambulance for their owners sometimes like to demonstrate their giving birth. Video footage of the harrowing ordeal Governor Brian Kemp said the hurricane “has the Sanchez, the deputies and nurse on duty gave her an vehicles’ power and the noise really troubles resi- shows Diana Sanchez, now 27, going into labor the morn- potential to produce catastrophic impacts to citizens” absorbent pad to sit on and requested a non-emergency dents,” said Villeneuve official Remy Jourdan. ing of July 31, 2018. Despite repeated calls for help, no throughout the southeast coastal region of the United van to take her to the hospital after they had finished The new device, developed by Bruitparif engi- guards or medical personnel entered her cell until she booking in new inmates. neers, has four microphones that measure decibel States. Trump warned that Georgia “is very much in gave birth to her son. (the hurricane’s) path also. Georgia could be very After almost six hours of labor, Sanchez gave birth to a levels every tenth of a second and can triangulate “What should have been one of the happiest days of boy. Only then did medical personnel enter her cell, and much affected.” The US Coast Guard said ocean- where a sound originates. It displays a picture of her life was instead a day of unnecessary terror, pain and Sanchez and her son were taken to a hospital 30 minutes going commercial vessels should make plans to leave an acoustic wake as a trace of colored dots behind humiliation that continues to cause her ongoing emotion- later. “The Denver Health nursing staff proved totally dis- south Florida ports. A number of schools announced a moving source of loud noise, such as a souped- al trauma,” Sanchez’s lawyer Mari Newman said in a organized and unprepared to care” for either the infant or that classes would be canceled until at least Tuesday. up motorcycle. “With this tool, it is not possible to complaint filed Wednesday. The suit claims the city and his mother, Newman wrote in the complaint, noting that Orlando International Airport said it would halt dispute who made the noise,” said Gonzalez. county of Denver, Denver Health Medical Center and six the staff either had not prepared or could not find the nec- Nearly 40 of the devices have been in operation commercial flights at 2:00 am on Monday “out of an sheriff’s deputies and nurses “utterly failed to satisfy their essary post-birth equipment. for several months near busy bars in Paris enter- abundance of caution.” Orlando is the main airport legal and moral duty.” An internal investigation was conducted after the inci- tainment areas, and another 17 have been installed for nearby Disney World. NASA is also close by and US Senator Kamal Harris, a candidate for the 2020 dent, which determined that “the Deputy Sheriffs took the at major building sites, Bruitparif director Fanny the US space agency said it was moving an enormous Democratic presidential nomination, has weighed in on the appropriate actions under the circumstances and followed Mietlicki said. mobile rocket launcher from a launch pad into a vehi- issue, tweeting: “The inhuman treatment of detained preg- the relevant policies and procedures,” according to a sher- Bruitparif is now beginning to track vehicle noise cle assembly building to protect it from the storm. A nant women cannot be ignored.” Sanchez had been arrest- iff’s department statement released last November. “As a and also installed one in Saint-Forget, a hilly rural area Rolling Stones concert in Miami originally scheduled ed for charges of identity fraud on July 14, 2018, and was result, (Denver Sheriff’s Department) policy was clarified near Paris popular with motorcyclists. In September it for Saturday night was moved up by a day due to the awaiting trial. According to the complaint, she was more to mandate that when an inmate is in labor an emergency will install two in central Paris. — Reuters weather forecast, the band said on its Twitter than eight months pregnant when she was arrested. ambulance will be called,” the statement said. — AFP account. — AFP 9 International Sunday, September 1, 2019 Italy’s 5-Star unsettles PD with tough terms for coalition deal Markets fall as 5-Star warns of possible election ROME: Italy’s 5-Star Movement will enter a coalition with was drawn up by Salvini and is an especial anathema to the opposition Democratic Party (PD) only if it agrees to a Italy’s leftists. A party source said the tougher line from string of policy demands, the 5-Star leader said, setting an Di Maio was a message to 5-Star’s grassroots that it was uncompromising tone for the negotiations. Luigi Di Maio’s not selling out its principles. Some senior 5-Star figures hardline message dented growing optimism that a deal are wary of any pact with the PD, fearing that it could might be at hand, causing financial markets to fall, while a erode the anti-establishment credentials of a party stunned PD sought immediate clarification that 5-Star still already losing support. wanted an accord. The previous coalition made up of 5-Star and the far- Markets weaken right League collapsed earlier this month when League Di Maio also accused the PD of focusing too much on leader Matteo Salvini withdrew from the alliance hoping to the names of possible ministers, and both the tough tone trigger an early election and cash in on his surging popu- and inflexible content of his statement shocked the PD larity. Salvini’s move backfired when 5-Star and the PD leadership. “Incomprehensible. ... Have you changed your unexpectedly said they would be willing to try to lay aside mind?” PD deputy leader Andrea Orlando wrote on old animosities and forge a new coalition, with Prime Twitter. PD lawmaker Maria Elena Boschi said: “These Minister Giuseppe Conte, who is not a member of any par- threats and ultimatums from Di Maio are unacceptable”. ty, remaining at the helm. However, Di Maio struck a seem- After a week of solid gains on the back of hopes that Italy ingly intransigent line following an initial round of talks was going to avoid early elections, financial markets lost with Conte, saying the PD would have to back an array of ground on Friday afternoon following Di Maio’s comments. policies if it wanted to govern, including measures the The bluechip Mib30 stocks index fell into negative ter- group has already denounced. ritory, shedding 0.3 percent by 1430 GMT, while the “Our program points are clear. If they are included in spread between benchmark Italian and German 10-year the government program, then we can start. If not, it would bonds rose 12 basis points from their earlier lows. A 5- be better to go back to elections, and, I might add, as soon Star/PD tie up was seen as likely to bring some political as possible,” a stony faced Di Maio told reporters. stability to Italy and soothe Rome’s fractious ties with the Amongst the measures he mentioned were a drive to cut European Union following a series of spats over public the number of parliamentarians, the revocation of the spending orchestrated in part by the eurosceptic League. motorway concession of Italian firm Atlantia and the If the talks between 5-Star and PD fall apart even ROME: Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives to address the media following a meeting with the Italian acceptance of a recent law aimed at clamping down on before a government can take office, President Sergio president, after he was given a mandate to form a new government. — AFP migrant sea rescues. Mattarella will have to call elections some 3-1/2 years The 5-Star later issued its 20-point programme, which ahead of schedule. A opinion poll published in La Stampa adopted more flexible language than that used by Di daily on Friday showed that although support for League Italy’s most popular party with backing of 32% against from a previous 22.5% while 5-Star was seen on 16.5 Maio, and made no mention of the migrant law, which had fallen as a result of the political turmoil, it remains 36% a month ago. The PD had edged higher to 23.5% from 17.5%. — Reuters

Mothers of Colombia’s missing vow to keep Colombia troops searching kill nine FARC

CALI: They clamber onto buses and stand among the dissidents in raid jostling commuters, portraits of missing loved ones hanging from their necks, their presence a reminder that despite a BOGOTA: Colombian troops killed nine FARC dissi- 2016 peace agreement, for some, Colombia’s conflict has dents in a raid Friday in what the president said was “a never really ended. The women are on the bus to beg, not clear message” to their leaders who have formally for money, just for a moment of their fellow passengers’ rejected a 2016 peace agreement and announced a attention: “Have you seen my daughter?” or “Have you return to arms. President Ivan Duque said he had seen my son?” These are the self-styled “Searchers” of authorized the military operation in rural areas of Cali, a city that has known more than its share of violence Colombia’s south. during Colombia’s half-century of civil strife. In a statement welcoming the raid, Duque dismissed Their faces lined with worry, they haunt its public the group as “a gang of narco-terrorist criminals who transport stations, brandishing giant portrait photos of are residuals of what was known as the FARC, and their children, missing victims of the country’s many-sided who are part of the criminal structures that seek to conflict. “It’s like a cry that we are launching, so that the challenge Colombia.” Friday’s operation was “a clear world will know, so that it becomes aware,” said Maria message” to the group to lay down their weapons, he Elena Gallego, who has spent the last eight years looking said. Defense Minister Guillermo Botero, who said the for her missing daughter. Gallego is one of a group of 35 operation had taken place in the San Vicente del women seeking to draw attention to the victims of forced Caguan region, wrote on Twitter: “The criminals are disappearances, which were a feature of Colombian life warned: they surrender or they will be defeated.” during a half-century of conflict. On Thursday, Duque said he would send a special Every day, they board buses carrying their children’s army unit “with reinforced intelligence, investigation portraits, distributing handwritten letters recounting their CALI: A woman reads a letter written by Colombia Luz Edilia Florez (right), 57, mother of Jose Ernesto Moran, and mobility capabilities” to hunt down dissident poignant, unceasing searches. “Mothers of missing people who disappeared after being forced to belong to an illegal armed group, at a bus stop in Cali, Colombia. — AFP leader Ivan Marquez and other holdouts. That same carry eternal pain,” says one missive. Official figures put day, Marquez announced a return to arms in a video the “disappeared” at nearly 83,000 - almost three times pain, we take it with us everywhere,” she tells AFP. A cam- gating his 2002 disappearance, she says they seized her, message, accusing Duque’s government of betraying the number missing under the dictatorships of Argentina, paign called #ReconocemosSuBusqueda (We recognize raped her, tortured her, and left her for dead. the accord, under which most of the FARC’s 7,000 Brazil and Chile combined. “Where is She?”, “Where is your search) was launched this year to highlight the work These days, she rides the buses of Cali, distributing her fighters disarmed after half a century of conflict. He?” - the questions are written in bold lettering over the of these women, who have taken on the weary task of message and brandishing her son’s portrait. In her letter, The whereabouts of Marquez, the Marxist FARC’s ageless portraits of the long lost: civilians and soldiers, investigating the disappearances alone. she lambasts the “indifference” of society towards the number two leader and chief negotiator of the 2016 men and women, but mostly the young. The initiative is supported by Colombia’s Missing women’s stories. Hanging onto a bar overhead, the picture peace agreement, have been unknown for more than a Persons Research Unit and the Truth Commission, created of her son hung around her neck, she sings a lament to the year. Marquez and a fugitive rebel colleague, Jesus Therapy for absence as part of the 2016 peace agreement that ended the armed other passengers gazing at the image. Hope propels her Santrich, have distanced themselves from the peace Gallego says she knows little about what happened to conflict between the government and the Revolutionary forward, though she admits: “My son could be in a grave.” deal. Santrich, who went underground earlier this year her daughter Sandra Viviana Cuellar, an environmental Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Though Colombian Part of the difficulty she and other mothers face is the after the United States sought to have him extradited activist. She left her home on February 17, 2011, heading to officials have never given her any leads in the search for many-sided aspect of Colombia’s conflict, in which on drug charges, also appeared in the video. Marquez Palmira, a town around 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Cali, her daughter, Gallego believes Sandra disappeared around 30 armed groups were involved, both pro- and said his forces would coordinate with Colombia’s last and never returned. She was 26. “I got down to the task of because of her environmental work. She still believes that anti-government. According to the National Center for active rebel group, the National Liberation Army investigating her disappearance, going from here to there, her daughter is alive. Historical Memory, at least 82,998 people were forcibly (ELN), “and those comrades who have not folded up even attending workshops to learn how to look for my disappeared between 1958 and 2017. Only in 52 percent their flags.” — AFP daughter, because what I want most is for her to reap- Met with indifference of cases do authorities know who was responsible. pear,” she says in her letter. Luz Edilia Florez, 57, paid a heavy price for wanting to Florez’s wish on the International Day of the Victims of Gallego says telling strangers about her experience is a know what happened to her son, Jose Ernesto Moran, kid- Enforced Disappearances, held on August 30 each year, kind of balm against uncertainty. “At least we go out, we napped by a far-right militia in the southwestern area of is that “there will be no more missing,” and that she’ll find shout, we talk, we cry! It’s an outlet! It’s therapy! But the Jamundi. When paramilitaries found out she was investi- her son. — AFP Italy struggles as new law opens sex ment, comparing his counterpart Narendra Pakistan PM Modi’s administration to Nazi Germany. abuse floodgates Ahead of Khan’s speech, sirens rang out around the country followed by broadcasts leads nationwide of the national anthems of Pakistan and ROME: Italian prosecutors warned Friday that a new law Kashmir, while traffic ground to a halt for designed to fast-track cases of domestic and sexual abuse protests several minutes in solidarity with the rallies. was overwhelming the system with record numbers of vic- Thousands more also rallied in Lahore tim reports. The law, which came into force on August 9 over Kashmir and Karachi - Pakistan’s biggest cities - and has been dubbed Italy’s “Code Red”, requires prose- where large crowds waved flags and cutors to gather information from alleged victims and chanted pro-Kashmiri slogans. “No matter decide how to proceed within three days of receiving ISLAMABAD: Thousands rallied across what India does, no matter what Modi police reports. Since then there has been a spike in Pakistan in mass demonstrations against does, Kashmir is ours. It belongs to us and reports: some 30-40 incidents daily have been flagged in New Delhi’s actions in disputed Kashmir, we will not sit by as our Kashmiri brothers Milan, an average of 30 a day in Naples and 25 in Rome with Prime Minister Imran Khan leading are oppressed by the Indians,” said Sadaf since the law took effect, the Repubblica daily said. the most ambitious public protests target- Mirza, a 24-year-old university student in “It’s not a case of a rise in crimes, but a rise in the num- ing India in years. The protests come Lahore. The demonstrations were the first ber of reports by people who - encouraged by the new weeks ahead of Khan’s scheduled trip to in what will be weekly rallies held nation- law — are going to the police,” said Genoa prosecutor the UN General Assembly where he has wide until Khan leaves for the UN in late Francesco Cozzi. Prosecutor sources in Milan described vowed to act as an ambassador for the September. being “inundated by a flood of reports of alleged abuse, people of Kashmir, after New Delhi violence or persecution, day in and day out”, the stripped its portion of the Himalayan terri- ‘Under the nuclear shadow’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan (center) gestures as he arrives to Messaggero daily said. Supporters say the new legislation tory of its autonomy earlier this month. In the weeks since Modi issued the address the nation outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Islamabad. Thousands rallied has positive elements: it makes “revenge porn” and “defor- executive order stripping Kashmir of its Tensions have soared between the across Pakistan in mass demonstrations protesting Delhi’s actions in Indian-adminis- mation of looks” (causing permanent scarring) a crime and autonomy, Khan has launched a diplomatic nuclear-armed rivals since, as Indian tered Kashmir in the most ambitious public protests targeting India in years. — AFP allows judges to clap electronic bracelets on those slapped offensive, vowing to fight India “until the authorities launched a sweeping crack- with restraining orders. down in Kashmir, which included cutting end” if attacked and making occasional But in large cities on-duty prosecutors have found phone and internet access, placing restric- references to the possible outbreak of has been the spark for two major wars and the ensuing row between Pakistan and themselves interviewing 20 complainants in an arc of 24 tions on movement and arresting thou- nuclear conflict. Friday’s protests came as countless skirmishes between the arch- India sparked by Kashmir, saying Modi sands, according to multiple sources. The New York Times published an op-ed rivals. In February, the countries came had the situation “under control”. The hours. “I share the wish to speed up the intervention of Following repeated calls to protest Friday, by Khan, where the former cricket star close to war after a militant attack in comments were made weeks after Trump judicial authorities, and make it more efficient,” Maria thousands gathered in the Pakistani capital warned of rising hostilities between the Indian-administered Kashmir was claimed had personally offered to mediate in the Monteleone, the magistrate in charge of Rome’s anti-vio- Islamabad in front of the prime minister’s countries. “World War II happened by a group based in Pakistan, igniting tit- Kashmir conflict during Khan’s visit to the lence pool, told the Repubblica. “But the three-day dead- secretariat, where Khan vowed to continue because of appeasement at Munich. A sim- for-tat air strikes - the first between White House in late July. India has repeat- line within which prosecutors have to hear testimony from fighting for Kashmir until it was “liberated”. ilar threat looms over the world again, but nuclear-armed nations. edly insisted that Kashmir is purely an all complainants is unreasonable,” she said, adding that it “We will stand with Kashmir until our this time under the nuclear shadow,” he Earlier this week during a summit in internal matter and that it does not want did not leave enough time to properly examine individual last breath,” said Khan, as he launched into wrote. Kashmir has been divided between France, US President Donald Trump said outside mediation, while lambasting cases. “If everything becomes urgent, then nothing is a blistering attack on the Indian govern- India and Pakistan since independence, and there was no need for him to intervene in Pakistan’s protests as “alarmist”. — AFP urgent any more,” she added. — AFP 10

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FOCUS Japan’s curbs on high-tech materials exports to S Korea could backfire

WASHINGTON, DC: US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One to depart from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC for Camp By Makiko Yamazaki and Heekyong Yang David in Maryland on Friday. — AFP apan’s curbs on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea could backfire in the long run, erod- Jing its dominance over a key link in the global chip Washington Watch supply chain, suppliers and experts say. Japan tightened restrictions last month on exports of three chipmaking materials to South Korea, home to memory chip titans Samsung and SK Hynix, threaten- ing to disrupt the global tech supply chain as it pro- Addressing those who have been fooled vides about 70 percent or more of the restricted prod- ucts to the world. While the move highlights Japan Dr James J Zogby must ask the question “Why?” What don’t we understand with better health care, to bring prosperity back to their Inc’s firm place in the industry even after its once about Trump supporters? How have the political experts communities, to reopen their closed mines or bring back mighty giants like Sony lost out to nimble Chinese and t was more than a century-and-a-half ago that continuously been so wrong about this president and their factories. None of this has occurred and yet they Korean rivals, it has fuelled concerns that its grip on Abraham Lincoln told us, “You can fool some of the those who believe in him? remain supporters. So while we can see Lincoln’s words the niche market for fluorinated polyimides, photore- Ipeople all of the time, and all of the people some of the Ever since the early days of the 2016 contest, the pun- playing out - that indeed “you can fool some of the peo- sists and hydrogen fluoride could loosen. time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” dits proclaimed Donald Trump unfit to run for president ple all of the time” - the challenge is in understanding “South Korean companies cite quality and stable While the wisdom behind these words is clear, what has and assumed after each of his early outrages that he was why, despite all the evidence to the contrary, they con- supply as reasons for choosing Japanese materials. But long confounded me is, quite simply, “why can some folks finished and would never become the nominee. They then tinue to believe in him. this has made them aware of the need for change and be fooled all the time?” convinced themselves that he would never be elected If I might propose an answer, it’s not because they are they are already taking action,” a source at a Japanese Answering this question has never been as important as president. And even now, there are almost daily columns bad or dumb or easily misled. Rather, it is because: they materials supplier said. it is today because we have a president who, despite hav- by the very same commentators saying how exhausted are profoundly alienated from the institutions that have “This will hit us like a body blow.” Samsung, for ing a strained relationship with the truth, retains a hard they are with Trump’s outrages, making predictions that failed them; they are worried that they are losing control instance, has stepped up testing of non-Japanese pho- core base of supporters who continue to believe in him. his presidency is doomed. of their lives and their values in a world that is changing toresists and hydrogen fluoride, several sources famil- It appears that Donald Trump can’t spend a single day They were wrong because they missed a fundamen- so fast and leaving them behind; they are angry that gov- iar with the chip supply chain said. without using Twitter or press meet-ups to make state- tal point: there remains a sizable base of voters who erning elites either look down on them or do not consider Soulbrain, a supplier of hydrogen fluoride to the ments that are obvious exaggeration or outright fabrica- despite all evidence to the contrary continue to believe their needs; and they are desperate to believe that Trump Samsung and Hynix - the world’s No 1 and No 3 chip tion. Some of these have been dismissed as harmless or that what Trump says is true and who, therefore, cling to is different because he speaks directly to them about their vendor, is aiming to match the purity of Japanese even laughably silly, while others can be legitimately cate- his leadership. anger and disappointment and insecurity and their need hydrogen fluoride at a plant that is still under construc- gorized as dangerous acts of incitement. In addition to the 30 percent who are “true believers,” to feel empowered. tion. Industry experts, however, note it would take time Some media outlets have kept a running tally of his there are also those mainstream Republicans who support This, as I see it, is why they continue to believe - for South Korean firms to move up the value chain as falsehoods - we are now somewhere in the neighborhood the president because, as I described on an earlier occa- because they need to believe in something and he’s “the the three high-tech materials are not easy to replicate. of 12,000 - or an average of 13 a day since he took the sion, they made a “Faustian deal.” They recognized the only show in town.” Japanese suppliers “have built up their capabilities oath of office. The problem has become so concerning power of his base, feared confronting it, and felt that if When I hear Democrats running for president make through decades-long experience of developing prod- that many major newspapers and television networks have they got behind him, they could ride on the back of his defeating Donald Trump the focus of their campaign, I am ucts”, Atsushi Ikeda, Citigroup analyst, said. taken the unprecedented step of allowing their journalists presidency to achieve their goals of deregulation, more worried that they are missing the point. Even more short- “The accumulation is just too big for new players.” to now describe the president’s statements as “lies.” conservative judges, and implementation of more regres- sighted and dangerous are those who run against Trump’s Top photoresist supplier Tokyo Ohka Kogyo says it Among his bizarre exaggerations are those about the sive taxation - all of which they have, in fact, realized. voters by disparaging them. To make this campaign about takes up to two years to develop new resists. size of his rallies, the extent of his wealth, the number of What was key was that they feared his base. They saw mobilizing “our voters” to become more numerous than jobs he has created, or the honors he has claimed to the fervor generated at his rallies. And they came to and victorious over “their voters” may produce a short- Rare earth shock receive. There are, however, the more damaging false understand that given the devotion he generated, it would term victory but at the cost of an even more deeply divid- From South Korea, the curbs are likely to elicit a statements he has made targeting individual members of be dangerous to oppose him. They also came to believe ed country and may even lead to greater social unrest. response similar to Japan’s during the “rare earth the media, judiciary, Congress, or vulnerable minority that the irrational support he had earned was so strong Rather, the goal must be to address head on the anger, shock” nearly a decade ago, when China’s restriction communities - painting them as dangerous or even anti- that he could, as he himself once boasted, “shoot someone disappointment, alienation, and loss of control of those on exports of rare-earth minerals used in electronic American, “enemies of the people.” on 5th Avenue” and get away with it. who feel left out of the national discussion. What is need- devices forced Japan Inc to find alternate supplies, In addition to these, there are the tweets or harangues This is the problem we must understand and the dilem- ed is a message that speaks to voters across the spec- industry participants said. that have caused uncertainty about our foreign policy, ma we must confront. We know why the GOP’s leadership trum, telling them that they are being heard and their “Under the circumstances, anyone would do that,” resulting in consternation and insecurity among our allies, supports this President - he is fulfilling his part of the needs will be addressed by proposals for economic and said the source at the Japanese supplier that has been and boasts or threats about trade issues or domestic poli- “deal”. But why is it that his “base” - made up of a dispro- social progress that will include and benefit everyone. hit by the curbs. Seoul has already pledged to subsi- cies that have created havoc in world markets. portionately large percentage of lower income, less edu- Only if they and their needs are directly addressed and dize the domestic chip supply chain to accelerate the What is troubling is not just the accumulated mass of cated white folks, who are living in formerly prosperous their anger and alienation are understood will they be buildup of knowledge needed for firms to catch up in distortions that have become even more frequent over farming, mining, or industrial communities - why do they able move beyond feeling slighted and disparaged. At that more advanced fields. A senior executive at Soulbrain time. More disturbing are the polls that show about 30 continue to suspend disbelief and support him? And why point, they may be in a position to shake the dust from said the government had expedited paperwork so its percent of the electorate saying that they believe that this do they stay with him despite the fact that the policies he their eyes and realize that, all along, they had been fooled new plant could be completed faster. Soulbrain is look- president almost always tells the truth. These are the folks has promulgated have not only not been to their benefit, by a huckster who had exploited them. ing to complete the construction by end-September to whom Lincoln was referring when he spoke of fooling they have proven harmful to their economic future? Note: Dr James J Zogby is the President of Arab and run tests to see if it can mass produce high-purity “some of the people all of the time.” This is where we He promised to protect their jobs, to provide them American Institute hydrogen fluoride, the executive said. In photoresists, Samsung is trying to curb its reliance on Japan for advanced material, although An opinion poll this week found almost sources say it faces high hurdles. The company, how- Amazon fires 60 percent of Brazilians considered ever, uses material from local supplier Dongjin Bolsonaro’s government to have done a Semichem for photoresists used in chips with less finer scorch Bolsonaro’s great, good, or normal job, indicating they circuit patterns, Japanese supply chain sources said. were still willing to give the president the Only three Japanese firms, Tokyo Ohka, JSR and Shin- benefit of the doubt, said Leonardo Etsu Chemical, currently supply high-quality materials reputation abroad Barreto, head of Brasilia-based consultan- used in advanced chip production technology known cy Capital Politico. as extreme ultraviolet lithography globally. “Ironically, this crisis may have By Anthony Boadle increased Bolsonaro’s popularity because Repercussions of his nationalism grounded in the threat of resident Jair Bolsonaro has drawn Tokyo Ohka and other materials makers grew hand losing control over the Amazon to foreign- sharp criticism on the international in hand with electronics conglomerates NEC, Toshiba ers,” said Welber Barral, a lobbyist and for- stage from European leaders and and Hitachi, the world’s top chipmakers in the late P mer Brazilian foreign trade secretary. Many environmental groups for his handling of 1980s. Even after Japanese chipmakers lost ground to Brazilians, from across the political spec- wildfires raging in the Amazon, but at home South Korea, the suppliers continued to thrive, thanks trum, believe the Amazon contains untold to early inroads in overseas markets and the strength few Brazilians are angered by his reluctant riches in minerals that are coveted by other of their local supply chains. But in the wake of the lat- response. Many of his fellow citizens share nations, from gold to niobium, a strategic est curbs, prompted by a decades-old row between his aversion to what they see as foreign metal used in satellites. the Asian nations over compensations for forced South meddling in how to strike a balance This belief, long a central doctrine of Korean laborers at Japanese firms during World War between protecting and developing the Brazil’s armed forces, feeds suspicion of A firefighter tries to control a fire near Charagua, Bolivia, in the border with Paraguay, south Two, suppliers in Japan are having to deal with reper- Amazon rainforest. The vast region is any role by foreigners in the Amazon, even of the Amazon basin. — AFP cussions beyond the three restricted materials, indus- regarded at home as a key national asset non-governmental organizations that work try sources said. but is seen globally as a crucial bulwark to protect the environment and indigenous economy, he warned. “If international parent company of apparel and shoe Korean chipmakers are now asking Japanese sup- against climate change. tribes. However, former army captain markets close for Brazilian farm products brands Timberland, Vans and the North pliers to front-load shipments of materials Japan has However, opinions in Brazil may change Bolsonaro was criticized by politicians in we will be in an even more serious eco- Face said on Thursday it will no longer buy large market shares of, from silicon wafers to polishing if trade sanctions or boycotts start to Congress - even by some allies - for taking nomic scenario,” he said. Some countries leather from Brazil due to concerns about slurries, for fear of further restrictions, the sources weigh on an already weak economy, politi- too long to act in tackling the fires and have already threatened sanctions the environment. Companies in Europe and said. Japanese suppliers have so far refrained from cians and analysts say. A surge this year in wasting time on the slinging match with because of Bolsonaro’s environmental elsewhere could be pressed by their share- directly commenting on how the curb will impact their the number of fires in the Amazon has Macron, who accused him of lying about policies and consumers may decide to holders to stop investing in environmental- business, claiming they had no inkling of the govern- sparked international outrage and protests the rate of deforestation in the Amazon. boycott Brazilian beef. ly sensitive regions of Brazil, in sectors ment’s decisions beforehand. in front of Brazilian embassies. “The government has delayed taking “That would directly affect one of such as mining, Barral said. “We have very good relations with our Korean Environmentalists claim most of the fires important decisions,” Governor Helder Bolsonaro’s main - if not the main - elec- That would not help growth prospects clients,” said Hideo Ohhashi, a spokesman for Tokyo were illegally set by land speculators and Barbalho of the state of Par·, site of the toral base, the agribusiness industry, which for Brazil, which economists have reduced Ohka. “But this is up to politics.” — Reuters ranchers seeking to expand pastures in the most intense fires, and a member of the has backed him from the word go,” politi- to just 0.8 percent for this year. Former Amazon who feel emboldened by centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement cal risk analyst Barreto said. center left agriculture minister Katia Bolsonaro’s criticism of excessive environ- party, told Reuters. Barreto said Bolsonaro’s administration Abreu sees a danger of countries that are mental protections. Bolsonaro has denied will stand or fall on its economic record, competitors in the farm sector ganging the fires were deliberate and repeatedly Economic fears especially an unpopular overhaul of the up on Brazil, using the environmental All articles appearing on this page are the told European countries in particular not The biggest problem facing Bolsonaro, pension system that is winding its way issue as a pretext. That would turn more personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait to interfere. He has threatened to turn who took the reins in January, was the lack through Congress. The global outcry over Brazilians against Bolsonaro, she told of any solid recovery in Brazil’s economy Times takes no responsibility for views down international aid, although Brazil the fires in the Amazon and Bolsonaro’s Reuters. “But Bolsonaro doesn’t take needs the funds and equipment to fight the on his watch, Barbalho said. Now the environmental policies could also start to advice from anyone on how to avoid expressed therein. fires, and feuded with French President Amazon crisis had damaged Brazil’s image influence investors. crises,” she said. “He doesn’t listen. He is Emmanuel Macron. abroad and that could ricochet on the In the first sign of a backlash, the US unpredictable.” — Reuters Established 1961

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 Business

NBK Executive Management Boeing to reinforce engineer Toyota robots to help people experience 12holds meeting with Visa CEO 13 oversight after panel review 14 the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo

AMRITSAR: An Indian vendor sells tomatoes at his cart. —AFP Blow to Modi as India growth slows Economy has been suffering from weak consumer demand MUMBAI: India’s economic growth reportedly under government pressure, in an effort to attract more capital from Nirmala Sitharaman also announced the slowed for the fifth straight quarter in cutting interest rates four times this abroad. The government also said it was merging of 10 public sector banks into the April-to-June period to 5.0 percent, year to a nine-year low in an effort to bringing forward a $10-billion liquidity four lenders, in a major overhaul of government figures showed Friday in a boost activity. lifeline for banks and rolling back a levy India’s financial services sector. The fresh blow to Prime Minister Narendra “The growth figures are lower than on equity sales that had spooked for- four new banks will hold business worth Kuwait Capital Modi. But in an effort to ease the liquid- our projections and reflect major eco- eign investors. The cash-strapped gov- around 55.8 trillion rupees ($781 bil- ity crunch that has dogged Asia’s third- nomic slowdown,” Sameer Narang, ernment is also getting a $24-billion lion), or about 56 percent of the Indian Markets Authority largest economy, the government at the chief economist at the Bank of Baroda windfall from India’s central bank, banking industry, Bloomberg News same time announced the merger of 10 told AFP. Sujan Hajra, an economist at potentially giving it extra room to cut reported. The government will also public sector banks into four new Anand Rathi securities, said it “reflects taxes and stimulate the economy. inject a combined 552.5 billion rupees green lights Boursa lenders. structural problems with the Indian India’s right-wing government won a into the new entities. The Indian economy has been suffer- economy that need long-term solu- landslide election victory in May even India, which has the world’s worst ing from weak consumer demand that tions”. Narang added though he was though its economic record has been bad-loan ratio, will now have 12 Kuwait IPO saw car sales fall for the ninth month hopeful that measures announced this patchy, with unemployment at its high- state-run banks instead of 27, KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA), running in July, leading to calls from month by Modi’s newly re-elected gov- est since the 1970s. While the economy Bloomberg reported. “Banks will play the regulatory body for securities and current owner industry for Modi to stimulate growth. ernment would give the economy a has regularly grown at about 7.0 per- an important role for (achieving) a of 50% of Boursa Kuwait Securities Company Having already this year lost to China boost in the coming quarters. cent since Modi came to power in 2014, five-trillion (dollar) economy,” said (Kuwait’s only stock exchange operator), announced its status as the fastest-growing major it has failed to create enough jobs for Rajeev Kumar, India’s finance secre- yesterday that it will launch an initial public offering economy, the latest growth figure for Banking behemoth the 1.2 million Indians entering into the tary. “For that, we need banks which (IPO) of its shares in the exchange in the fourth quar- India’s first fiscal quarter fell well short On Wednesday, India’s cabinet eased labor market each month. have extra lending capacity and have ter of 2019. of market expectations of 5.7 percent. restrictions on foreign investment in Just ahead of Friday’s growth figures an ability to give better services with The IPO is the second and final phase of the privati- This is despite India’s central bank, four key sectors, including coal mining, announcement, Finance Minister modern techniques.” —AFP zation process of Boursa Kuwait and follows the sale of 44% of the company to strategic investors in February 2019. Upon conclusion of the transaction, 94% of firms which saw the country’s DAX index add 1%. Tariff- Boursa Kuwait will be owned by private investors (cor- sensitive automakers rose 2.12% and technology stocks Trade hopes lift porate and individual investors). The privatization gained 0.85%. process is being implemented in two phases. The first The picture had been more mixed in Asia, where Chinese global stocks to and Hong Kong stock markets dipped in and out of the red . phase took place in February 2019 wherein by law and Arrests or detentions of pro-democracy activists in Hong through an open and transparent process, a strategic Kong added to investor jitters, with the Chinese-ruled territo- consortium consisting of domestic and international one-week ry facing its first recession in a decade. Japan’s Nikkei closed investors acquired a 44% stake in the company. 1.2% up, while South Korea’s KOSPI jumped 1.8%. US futures The consortium comprised Athens Stock Exchange, high, yuan softens pointed to a firmer start to the day’s trade, with E-Minis for National Investments Company, First Investment the S&P500 up 0.6% after a more than 1% gain on Wall Company, and Arzan Financial Group. The second LONDON: World stocks climbed to a one-week high on cau- Street overnight. phase, the nation-wide IPO, is expected to be imple- tious hopes for a rapprochement on trade between Beijing In fixed income markets, Italian bond yields were on mented in the last quarter of 2019 with the distribution and Washington on Friday, though a perky dollar capped track for their biggest monthly decline in more than six years of the CMA’s 50% stake in the company to citizens. gains with China’s yuan softening again, on track for its weak- after the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and opposi- Upon listing 50% of Boursa Kuwait’s shares will be est month in 2-1/2 decades. For most of August global stocks tion Democratic Party reached an agreement on a coalition NANTONG: A Chinese bank employee counts 100-yuan notes and owned by citizens and the private sector (44%), while have reeled and fixed-income has shone as deepening con- government. Bond markets elsewhere were broadly taking a US dollar bills at a bank counter in Nantong in China’s eastern the Kuwaiti government through the Public Institution cerns over global trade and clear signs of a slowdown, possi- breather at the end of a stellar month that has seen prices Jiangsu province. —AFP for Social Security will retain the remaining 6%. bly even a recession, in the global economy loomed large over rally and borrowing costs push deeper and deeper into neg- Boursa Kuwait was founded in 2014 by the CMA financial markets. ative territory. would provide a good gauge of the real impact from the Sino- Commissioners’ Council Resolution No. 37/2013 to But the mood lifted after US President Donald Trump said Euro zone government bond yields hovered near record US trade war. replace the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE). The pri- some trade discussions were taking place with China on lows as data showed the bloc’s inflation remained low at 1.0% vatization of Kuwait’s stock exchange is an important Thursday, with more talks scheduled. China’s commerce min- in August - well below the European Central Bank’s target GLUM YUAN step towards achieving the ambitious national devel- istry also said a September round of meetings was being dis- and bolstering expectations for stimulus in September. US In currency markets, the dollar crawled higher to touch a opment goals set out in Kuwait Vision 2035 with an cussed by the two sides, but added it was important for Treasury yields were treading water with the benchmark 10- one month high of 98.609 against a basket of six major cur- aim to strengthen the country’s position as a regional Washington to cancel a tariff increase. year Treasury at 1.5197% after touching a three-year low of rencies. Yet the trade optimism failed to inspire China’s yuan, financial center and give the private sector a stronger The MSCI All-Country World Index climbed 0.4% but is 1.443% earlier this week. It was still below two-year yields at which resumed its decline with spot yuan at 7.1506 against role and a greater opportunity to develop the nation- on track for a near 3% decline in August - only the second 1.5340%. Such an inversion was last seen in 2007 and cor- the dollar. The currency is on track for its weakest month al economy. month the benchmark has spent in the red this year. It is the rectly foretold the great recession that followed a year later. since Beijing’s currency reform in 1994 after it broke through Since then, the CMA has embarked on a mission to weakest August for the index since 2015. European stocks on Germany is considering lowering its corporate tax rate, the key 7 to the dollar level earlier in August. transform the company into a leading regional Friday extended the previous session’s gains, with the pan- while the US government is thinking about issuing 50- and “The yuan move back to 7 and beyond has been a distinct exchange that is built on global best practices and European STOXX 600 index up 0.8% to trade at a near one- 100-year bonds in a bid to steepen the yield curve. Recent possibility for months. It is clearly down due to the tariffs,” structures. The transformation program introduced month high. economic data has also pointed to a global growth slowdown said Neil Mellor, senior FX strategist at BNY Mellon in reforms to increase competitiveness and liquidity, “The trade war seesaw has certainly moved back in favor with business investment, manufacturing activity and exports London. “It does help them to some extent to absorb the tariff reinforce transparency and management, elevate of riskier assets for now, with Trump and China supposedly all going south across major economies. Investors were costs - it is one of the few options they have. The fiscal option investor confidence, and attract international, regional, focused on a string of economic releases due over the week- holding a call yesterday,” said Deutsche Bank strategist Jim is limited after years of excess, and the monetary stimulus has and domestic investments. Reid. Gains were helped by a surge in German real estate end including China’s official manufacturing survey, which already been unprecedented this year.” —Reutersr 12 Established 1961

Sunday, September 1, 2019 Business NBK Executive Management holds meeting with Visa CEO E-payment solutions an integral part of NBK’s digital transformation strategy

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait’s Executive Management commitment towards digital transformation to ensure future held a meeting with Visa’s CEO and Regional Management growth and success in the future. team covering all aspects related to the successful strategic “We enjoy a well-established partnership with Visa that partnership that has been sustained between the two parties resulted in producing outstanding services and unique cam- over many years. They also discussed various means to paigns. Our discussions with Visa’s executive management strengthen their collaboration in the future as part of NBK’s covered how to strengthen our joint alliance going forward keenness to deliver unique banking products and services and and the development of innovative e-payment solutions to the most advanced e-payment solutions. cater to the evolving needs of our valued customers”. The meeting was attended by NBK Group CEO, Isam Al Alfred Kelly, Chairman and CEO of Visa Inc. said: “We’re Sager, Deputy Group CEO, Shaikha Al Bahar, Visa Inc. thrilled with our ongoing strategic partnership with NBK. The Chairman and CEO Alfred Kelly, who was joined by the successful track record we have achieved together over the Regional President for Visa Central and Eastern Europe, years is testament to the significant collaboration between our Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region, Andrew Torre, two organizations.” General Manager - Middle East and North Africa, Visa, “This region is dynamic, with vast opportunities in the are- Marcello Baricordi, General Manager - Bahrain, Kuwait, na of digital payments and we look forward to strengthening Qatar and Oman, Visa, Shashank Singh, and Country our partnership with NBK as we work together to accelerate Manager, Visa Kuwait, Ankush Devadason. the adoption of innovative payment solutions in Kuwait. This “We are extremely keen on establishing strategic partner- includes the launch of a number of unique banking services ships with leading global institutions in order to provide the and campaigns that meet the needs of our customers.” Kelly NBK and Visa continually launch unique and unprecedent- numerous customer-centric products that are custom tailored safest and most advanced banking service, thus enabling us to added. ed campaigns and offers, most recently they rewarded young to meet their banking needs and to provide the best and latest maintain our leadership in the local and regional markets.” The long-term partnership between NBK and Visa has customers of Al Shabab Package holders by giving them a e-payment solutions in Kuwait, in addition to providing the NBK Group CEO, Isam Al Sager said. Al-Sager highlighted yielded numerous banking products and services in addition chance to win one of four trips to London to watch the FIFA best benefits, rewards and exclusive offers throughout the that the meeting was held in light of NBK’s strategy to diver- to providing customers with the latest and most advanced e- eWorld Cup 2019 Grand Final. year, including cashback, discounts and special and unique sify its banking products and services, as well as the Group’s payment solutions. In cooperation with Visa, NBK successfully developed campaigns to attend international events.

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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday caused by the trade war in August meant US stocks had denied his trade wars were harming the US economy, their first negative month since May. Trump last week instead lashing out the Federal Reserve and poorly run thunderously demanded that US companies withdraw American companies. The Twitter outburst came just from China and announced he was ratcheting up duty two days before Washington is due to start a wave of rates by five percent, after Beijing retaliated with tariffs tariff increases on billions in Chinese imports after rela- on $75 billion in American exports. tions with Beijing deteriorated sharply this month. Fears that Trump’s trade wars are damaging the US Fresh economic data on Friday suggested the economy and pushing the world toward recession inflamed trade conflict with China is weighing on the have rippled through global markets this month — outlook for the world’s largest economy, which has with investors soothed this week by the more positive slowed since the start of the year. A slowdown or tone struck by Chinese and US officials. But trade recession could be a blow to Trump’s reelection hopes. officials have not confirmed any contacts have been “We don’t have a Tariff problem.... we have a Fed prob- held by telephone, nor have they announced any new lem,” Trump said on Twitter. rounds of talks. As the euro falls against the dollar, it is “giving A closely-watched survey of consumer sentiment them a big export and manufacturing advantage,” he released Friday posted its biggest drop in six years in tweeted, adding that his aggressive tariffs are taking August, showing that trade war jitters have now filtered care of “bad and/or unfair players.” Trump also point- into the public. Richard Curtin, chief economist for the ed the finger at “badly run and weak companies” for University of Michigan’s survey of consumers, said the blaming his tariffs for their own poor performance. tariffs “were spontaneously mentioned” by one out of “Excuses!” But companies and industries have been three survey respondents. outspoken warning about the damaging impact of the American consumers so far have continued to sup- trade war and the tariffs, with the footwear industry port the economy, keeping US growth above other calling them a “job killer.” advanced countries, notably in Europe which faces tur- In earnings reports this week, Best Buy, moil from the looming Brexit event. And the Commerce Abercrombie & Fitch and others said the coming Department reported Friday that consumers had spent rounds of tariffs — which will cover about $300 billion freely in July. Economist Diane Swonk said this would in Chinese imports by December — could do serious likely continue in August, as shoppers rush to snap up damage to profits. Markets have been cheered this goods before tariffs take effect on Sunday. week by the more conciliatory tone struck by both But with consumers dipping into their savings to sides, suggesting further escalations could be avoided. fund the spending spree, this might not last, she said. “It is unclear how long they will continue to do so, given Consumers getting nervous? the slowdown in incomes and prospect of more tariffs WASHINGTON DC: In this file photo taken on November 2, 2017, US President Donald Trump shakes But Trump’s latest tweets ruptured the brief, late- on the horizon,” she wrote in analysis of the Commerce hands with his nominee for Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell (R), in the Rose Garden of summer calm on Wall Street, which swung to a split fin- data. “We could see another anemic end to the year if the White House. —AFP ish before a three-day holiday weekend. The swings the trade war persists.” —AFP

of exhibits that highlight how some acci- Boeing to reinforce dents have had an impact on the ways planes are designed and operated. engineer oversight Safety experts say this is part of a wider organized learning process credited with UK farmers call for after panel review a sharp improvement in safety over the decades. A new addition to the center is import tariffs on EVERETT: Boeing Co needs to reorgan- a roughly six-foot wall of glass with ize its engineering reporting lines compa- water running over its face that bears the agricultural products ny-wide and ensure higher ranking offi- words, “remembering those whose lives cials, including its CEO, get faster feed- were lost in flight,” along with the exact LONDON: Britain’s National Farmers Union wrote to back about potential safety concerns times of the crashes of Lion Air flight Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday calling for import from lower levels of the company, accord- 610 and Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, and tariffs on eggs, some dairy products, horticultural prod- ing to an internal review at the US plane- a tally of the dead. ucts and grains if Britain leaves the European Union with- maker following two recent fatal crashes. The committee’s recommendations out a trade deal. British agricultural exports to the EU are The initial recommendations, presented are the first structural shifts as part of expected to face tariffs under a no-deal scenario, but in to Boeing’s board of directors over the the company’s response to the ongoing March the government under then Prime Minister Theresa weekend, also include potentially creating crisis over the grounding of its 737 MAX May announced a plan to eliminate tariffs on many a new permanent committee to review after deadly accidents killed 346 people imports, including some dairy products and agricultural Boeing’s aircraft design and development, in Ethiopia and Indonesia. The changes products, to avoid a so-called hard border with Ireland. company officials told Reuters. will be rolled out over the next couple of “There is no indication that such an arrangement will The new initiatives come from a spe- months, pending further review and NEW YORK: A Boeing 757-2Q8 operated by Delta Airlines takes off from JFK be reciprocated by the EU and there is nothing in practi- cial board panel set up to review how modifications, he said. Airport on August 24, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. —AFP cal terms to stop this trade becoming an open gateway for Boeing develops and builds aircraft after Changes within the company could all EU goods entering the UK duty free,” NFU president the two crashes. They are intended to also be informed by the outcome of Minette Batters said in a statement. Export tariffs on agri- boost the transparency of engineering crash investigations into both accidents, debate potential safety issues on a the 737 MAX, or the software, which cultural goods would most likely lead to a surplus of decisions and accelerate efforts to share according to a Boeing spokesman. weekly basis, known internally as safety repeatedly pushed the plane’s nose down domestic products on the UK market, she said, while at safety information as widely and swiftly Muilenburg now receives granular review boards. The committee recom- while the pilots struggled to intervene. the same time lower or no tariffs on imports would put as possible across Boeing’s global busi- weekly reports of potential safety issues mended “elevating” the meetings to “We have been very thorough in further downward pressure on domestic producer prices. nesses and factories. Speaking to discussed at meetings of rank-and-file higher raking officials including looking at every step of the design The farming group also asked the government to Reuters at an internal Safety Promotion engineers - something that did not hap- Muilenburg to add more “transparency process, certification process, going all review its plan not to impose tariffs on the land border Center at its manufacturing hub north of pen in the past. Those engineers, num- and visibility,” he said. “I’m now getting the way back to the original require- with Ireland if it leaves the trading bloc without a deal on Seattle, Boeing Chief Executive Officer bering in the thousands, will report to weekly reports that are very valuable.” ments,” Muilenburg said. “We feel very Oct 31. A no-deal Brexit would be a disaster for British Dennis Muilenburg vowed to learn from chief engineers as opposed to being allo- The board’s review is just one of confident in how that was done. But that farming and any exit from the EU must be smooth and the crashes as part of what he described cated to separate programs - a change numerous probes into the development doesn’t mean we stop learning.” No orderly, she said.”If we leave without a deal the sudden as Boeing’s role “to preserve and designed to help them reach senior of the 737 MAX by global regulators and employee has been fired over the devel- change in our trading relationship with the EU will have improve” the safety of global aviation Boeing officials more effectively, though US lawmakers and the Department of opment of the 737 MAX, he said. severe impacts on the UK food and farming sectors, not over time. “Our job is to make sure acci- their specific jobs will not change. Justice. Boeing also faces more than 100 Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief least due to the tariff treatment of both imports and dents don’t happen,” Muilenburg said. lawsuits by victims’ families alleging it Engineer John Hamilton told Reuters exports,” she said. Batters said the government should “Whatever the cause is, we are going to Global scrutiny designed a flawed airplane and other that Boeing and European rival Airbus revise its tariff regime to lessen the damage no-deal learn, we are going to understand and The proposed changes are designed issues. Boeing has apologized for the SE meet several times a year to share would inflict on UK farming. “It is also important that gov- we are going to make improvements.” to give greater line-of-sight from the lives lost and is upgrading critical flight data on safety. “The next time we get ernment manages prices for the public in a no-deal sce- “Ultimately, what we learn from the company’s top management into the control software at the center of both together, I am sure we will be sharing nario - these tariff arrangements will have little impact on crashes will be reflected here as well,” heart of its industrial programs. crashes. But it has stopped short of learnings from the MAX accidents,” retail food prices yet could have a massive impact on the Muilenburg added, referring to the hall Engineers currently meet to flag and admitting any faults in how it developed Hamilton said. —Reuters viability of farm businesses,” she said. —Reuters

rival as a competitor for influence around African lender: the world, including in Africa and worries that a flood of Chinese money will weaken Cuba unveils tighter China not trying its diplomatic standing. Africa today has a financing gap of $68 billion to $108 billion rules on cooperatives a year for power, ports, rail, and airports, to lead us into he added. At the Tokyo International HAVANA: Communist-run Cuba unveiled tighter regu- Conference on African Development lations on non-agricultural cooperatives on Friday, ‘debt trap’ (TICAD), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe including curbs on their prices, in keeping with a announced on Wednesday Japan will broader push to increase control of the growing non- YOKOHAMA: China is not trying to lead establish trade insurance to spur private state sector. The new regulations aim to tackle “irregu- African countries into a debt trap and investment in Africa. At the last TICAD larities” detected in the cooperatives, state-run media provides critical investment along with meeting in 2016, Japan pledged $30 bil- reported. The cooperatives - where each worker has a other countries to close a funding gap for lion in public and private support for stake in the business - were legalized in 2012 as part of crucial infrastructure projects on the con- infrastructure development, education and the government’s plan to cut a bloated state payroll tinent, the head of the regional lender said healthcare over three years. and boost the Soviet-style command economy. on Friday. Debt sustainability was a key Japan’s investment pales in compari- But a wary Cuban government froze the creation of issue at this week’s meeting hosted by son with China. Since launching the new cooperatives two years ago. That freeze will be Tokyo with African leaders and interna- Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in maintained during this “experimental phase” while the tional lenders on development of the con- 2000, Beijing has boosted its Africa- existing ones are consolidated, a senior official was tinent, with eyes on China’s aggressive bound aid, and President Xi Jinping VANRHYNSDORP: A view from the headgear at Steenkampskraal (SKK) cited as saying on website Cubadebate. There are an lending that some critics say has saddled announced another $60 billion over the rare-earth mine on July 29, 2019, about 80Km from the Western Cape town estimated 18,000 Cubans - some 0.4 percent of the poorer African countries with mountains next three years last September. Japan is of Vanrhynsdorp. —AFP total workforce of 4.4 million - working for non-agri- of debt. focusing on high-quality infrastructure cultural cooperatives, in sectors deemed “non-strate- African Development Bank President investment in Africa in a bid to set itself Road initiative to link China by sea and there were no mistakes made in the gic” like construction, transport, gastronomy and Akinwumi Adesina brushed aside such apart from China. land with Southeast and Central Asia, the beginning, no I wouldn’t say so,” Adesina accountancy. criticism, and urged Japan and China to “I don’t see a competition at all, I see Middle East and Africa. said. “There are issues of sensitivity to Some economists said the new regulations, which not compete but play “complementary complementarily. Africa has a tremendous Some critics say China is keen on local communities, there are issues of enter into force in November, suggest the Communist roles” in filling a massive funding gap for amount of needs. Africa is a friend of resource extraction in poorer countries to making sure you don’t displace people in Party is still nervous about allowing the non-state sec- African infrastructure. “I don’t think there China, Africa is a friend of Japan. The feed its economy, that the projects it the labour market, but these are a learn- tor to grow. Without such growth, Havana may struggle is a deliberate plan by China to indebt any China Belt and Road Initiative is highly funds have poor environmental safe- ing curve for China.” The International to boost an ailing economy battling less Venezuelan aid country at all. I think China is fulfilling a appreciated,” he said, adding that a lot guards, and that too many of the workers Monetary Fund says Cameroon, Ghana and tighter U.S. sanctions, they said. “I’m struck by the very important role, which is in terms of will be used to fund transport corridors, are flown in from China rather then using and other faces a high risk of debt dis- fact that the non-agricultural cooperatives are still infrastructure support,” Adesina told rail and port projects. Chinese officials local labor. tress, as does Djibouti, already home to seen as an experiment,” said Pavel Vidal, a former Reuters. “Africa is not in a debt crisis.” say the Beijing summit is aimed at “The interest and engagement of the People’s Liberation Army’s first over- Cuban central bank economist, who teaches at Japan nonetheless views its regional strengthening Africa’s role in its Belt and China in Africa is welcome. Will I say seas base. —Reuters Colombia’s Universidad Javeriana Cali. —Reuters 14 Established 1961 Sunday, September 1, 2019 Business Toyota robots to help people attend the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo Dedicated to ‘Mobility For All,’ Toyota robots augment and amplify human capabilities

TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), as a world- wide partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, aims to provide mobility solutions that go beyond providing official vehicles for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. One way Toyota is doing this is by partici- pating in the “Tokyo 2020 Robot Project”, a project led by the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) that brings the govern- ment, Tokyo Metropolitan government, as well as Games’ partners together with experts in the field of robotics. At Tokyo 2020, the robots to be introduced by Toyota will be used to support the mobility of people at various locations and venues. By helping people feel and experi- ence their hopes and dreams, Toyota believes it will be able to further contribute to the excitement and success of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Nobuhiko Koga, Chief Officer of Toyota’s Frontier Research Center, said: “At Toyota, we use industrial robot technology for a variety of applications based on our dedication to ‘Supporting human life activities and living in harmony with people’. For example, since 2004, we have developed partner robots focused on support for people unable to move on their own, including the aging population. Now, as we transform into a mobility compa- movements via a remote-location robot, and share force- 3. T-TR1 (Remote location communication Robot) they have ordered from a dedicated tablet. At track and ny, we are expanding our robotics efforts to provide all feedback from interactions. Via a camera mounted on the T-TR1 is a virtual mobility/tele-presence robot field events, with approx. 500 seats during the Olympic people with the freedom to move. ‘Mobility for all’ is not robot’s head, it can recognize people nearby, and once developed by Toyota Research Institute in the United Games and another 500 for the Paralympic Games, the only the ‘physical’ movement of a person or thing from recognized, use its eyes to respond with/show a variety of States. It is equipped with a camera atop a large, robots are anticipated to serve over 1,000 spectators one location to another, but also includes ‘virtual’ mobility expressions. By equipping the robot with miniature joint near-lifesize display. By projecting an image of a user requiring mobility assistance (Each section is expected of a person. This provides further opportunities to expe- units across its entire body, the robot offers flexibility from a remote location, the robot will help that person to have 16 rows with 32 seats). rience new things, meet and interact with others, or to be when being controlled, and the users can operate the feel more physically present at the robot’s location. ‘moved’ emotionally. At Tokyo 2020, we want to capture robot safely and with high operational functionality. With T-TR1, Toyota will give people that are physical- 5. FSR: Field Support Robot the imagination of spectators by providing support ly unable to attend the events such as the Games a (Field Event Support Robot) robots as we do our part to make the Games a success.” 2. T-HR3 (Humanoid Robot) chance to virtually attend, with an on-screen presence Special-use robots equipped with autonomous Toyota will provide a unique way for other guests in capable of conversation between the two locations. functions as part of throwing event (i.e. javelin) opera- Details of the robots remote/distant locations that are unable to be physically tions at the Olympic Stadium. While determining the 1. Tokyo 2020 Mascot Robot Miraitowa / Someity present to interact with athletes via the T-HR3 and 4. HSR: Human Support Robot / DSR: Delivery optimal route to travel, the FSR will follow operating (Mascot Robot) Mascot robots. Specifically, the T-HR3 robots will be able Support Robot staff on a path that avoids obstacles while retrieving To make this the most innovative and technologically to reproduce movement from a mascot robot in a remote For a portion of the accessible seating seats at the and conveying throwing event items. By using the advanced Games in history, the Tokyo 2020 and Toyota location in nearly real-time. In addition to providing Olympic Stadium, the Toyota Human Support Robot HSR FSR, the aim is to reduce the amount of time needed are working to develop a “mascot robot”. In addition to images and sounds from the remote locations, these robot will guide guests to their seat and convey light meals, to retrieve items as well as reduce the amount of staff welcoming athletes and guests to official venues, Toyota is users will also be able to experience the power of move- goods, and etc. for them, helping them to more freely labor for the events. Toyota and Tokyo 2020 will be currently considering plans for a new way for the Games ment and force-feedback, allowing them to converse with enjoy the competition. Also, the Toyota Deliver Support working with the International Association of Athletics to be enjoyed by children in Japan, via the mascot robot. and high-five athletes and others, feeling as if they were Robot DSR, specially developed for Tokyo 2020, will Federations (IAAF) in developing the FSR for the The mascot robot will both allow expressions of arm truly physically present. directly deliver drinks and other goods to spectators that Tokyo 2020 Games.

the iPhone’s default Safari web browser, Google reveals Beer said, adding that the Project Zero team had discovered them in almost every operating system from iOS 10 years-long through to the current iOS 12 version. New Huawei Once embedded in a user’s iPhone, ‘indiscriminate’ the malicious software sent back stolen handset to data, including live user location data back to a “command and control server” iPhone hack every 60 seconds. Beer said Google had launch without informed Apple of the attacks in WASHINGTON: Google security February, and Apple subsequently Google apps experts uncovered an “indiscriminate” released a security patch for the iOS 12.1. hacking operation that targeted iPhones Long the driver of Apple’s money-mak- SAN FRANCISCO: Huawei’s upcoming flagship over a period of at least two years and ing machine, iPhone revenue overall was Mate 30 smartphone will launch next month with- used websites to implant malicious soft- down 12 percent from last year to $26 out key Google apps, creating a disadvantage for ware to access photos, user locations billion. The tech giant sent out invitations the Chinese tech giant hit by US sanctions. A and other data. In a post Thursday on on Thursday to a September event at its Google spokesperson confirmed Thursday that the the blog of Google’s Project Zero securi- Silicon Valley campus where it is expect- California firm won’t be able to deliver licensed ty taskforce, cyber experts did not name ed to unveil a new-generation iPhone. applications such as Gmail, Maps and YouTube for the hacked websites hosting the attacks, the new device because of sanctions imposed by but estimated they received thousands YouTube privacy claims CHONGQING: This photo taken on August 26, 2019 shows people gathering at a President Donald Trump. of visitors a week. In related news, Google will pay $150- Google booth during the 2019 Smart China Expo. —AFP As a result, Huawei will be able to pre-load only “Simply visiting the hacked site was 200 million to settle allegations YouTube enough for the exploit server to attack the open-source Android operating system. The violated a children’s privacy law while obtaining permission from parents, violations” of children’s privacy law. your device, and if it was successful, move could be another hit for Huawei, the tech gathering data to better target its adverts, Politico reported. The FTC is expected Google remains the money-making install a monitoring implant,” said Project powerhouse that became the number two global US media reports said Friday. The US to announce its decision on the settle- engine for parent company Alphabet, Zero’s Ian Beer. Once installed, the mali- smartphone vendor before sanctions imposed by Federal Trade Commission agreed the ment in September, the New York Times with most of its revenue coming from cious software “primarily focused on Washington over national security concerns, which amount of the settlement against YouTube said. US regulators have long argued digital ads, which accounted for $116 bil- stealing files and uploading live location prevent the export of US technology. While the US parent Google, which if approved by the Google fails to protect children from lion of the $136 billion the Silicon Valley- data,” Beer said, adding it had been able administration has granted a fresh 90-day suspen- Justice Department would be the largest harmful content and data collection on based company took in last year. In to access encrypted messenger apps like sion of the Huawei sanctions, this won’t apply to settlement in a case involving children’s its YouTube platform. January, France’s CNIL data watchdog Telegram, WhatsApp and iMessage. new products, according to Google. privacy, the New York Times reported. Advocacy group The Center for slapped Google with a record 50-mil- Google hangouts and Gmail had also Analyst Richard Windsor, who writes the Radio The allegations against YouTube were Digital Democracy said in a statement lion-euro fine for failing to meet the EU’s been affected, he added in the post, Free Mobile blog, said that without these apps, made by privacy groups who said the that the proposed settlement would be tough General Data Protection which provided a detailed breakdown of “Huawei faces a Herculean task to convince users platform had violated laws protecting “woefully low” given Google’s size and Regulation (GDPR), which came into how the malicious software targeted and to buy its device” and will likely lose most buyers children’s privacy by gathering data on revenue, and called on the FTC to force early last year. Google is appealing exploited iPhone vulnerabilities. Most of outside its home market. Windsor said that while users under the age of 13 without “enjoin Google from committing further the fine. —AFP Chinese users are accustomed to buying “blank” the vulnerabilities targeted were found in smartphones and then installing their own software, most buyers in other countries expect these servic- trade irritants between New Delhi and “magic” was used to offer such a discount. es to be pre-loaded. Amazon and Indian Washington. At an open panel discussion Sundaram hit back with a personal “All of Huawei’s competitors will still have on Friday - organised by India’s competi- example, saying he had once spent half a Google installed. This will make it very difficult to trader group in big tion watchdog - the Confederation of All day once walking around New Delhi mar- entice users to buy Huawei devices as they will lack India Traders (CAIT) reiterated its con- kets to buy an air conditioner and managed the single most important feature that needs to be spat over discounts cerns to Amazon’s senior corporate coun- to secure a discount of 6,000 rupees. “It is present when a user buys an Android device out- sel, Rahul Sundaram, sparking a heated a factor of the entire retail market that you side of China,” Windsor wrote. Huawei has begun NEW DELHI: Amazon.com defended its public confrontation. The CAIT represents will get discounts,” he said. The new rules to develop its own mobile operating system called business strategies in India as it came 500,000 merchants and traders in India. introduced in February followed complaints HarmonyOS but it remained unclear if it will be able under fire from a local trader group on Sundaram said Amazon was abiding by from small traders who said that the e- to maintain its market share outside China. Friday over discounted products on the all the rules and does not influence prices commerce giants used their control over Asked about the situation, Huawei said in a global e-commerce giant’s website. New e- of products its website, adding that the inventory from affiliated vendors to create LILLE: A picture taken on August 28, 2019 statement, “We will continue to use the Android OS commerce foreign investment rules that company provides growth opportunities to an unfair marketplace. shows the logo of US online store applica- and ecosystem if the US government allows us to took effect in India from February were more than 500,000 sellers online. The In June the Indian government warned tion Amazon displayed on a tablet. —AFP do so. Otherwise, we will continue to develop our designed to help small traders by curbing trade body, however, was in no mood to Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart that they own operating system and ecosystem.” Huawei was heavy online discounting, but traders have accept Sundaram’s statement. CAIT’s must ensure compliance with the new reg- expected to unveil the Mate 30, its newest high- complained that big online retailers use Praveen Khandelwal pointed out to ulation, adding that it will not allow deep port to small sellers and traders, which end handset, at an event in Germany on September complex business structures to circumvent Sundaram that an air conditioning unit discounts that affect small shopkeepers. At served only to rile Khandelwal further. “We 18. US officials claim Huawei poses a threat the rules and continue to burn billions of available at 42,000 rupees in the offline one point during Friday’s discussion, are not small ... Don’t call us small, please,” because of its ties to Chinese intelligence, allega- dollars to offer discounts. retail market was sold for 35,000 rupees Amazon’s Sundaram said the company’s 57 came the CAIT representative’s angry tions that the company vigorously denied. —AFP The issue has become one of the biggest on Amazon’s website and asked what warehouses in India provide logistics sup- retort. —Reuters

protesters to prevent mainland Chinese and Hong Kong authori- lize swiftly through multiple group chats, with less risk of police already using the app, the group said. Telegram moves ties from discovering their identities in the app’s large group infiltration, an in-depth report published by Reuters earlier this Some protesters say they believe Chinese or Hong Kong secu- chats. Hong Kong’s Security Bureau told Reuters it has “been month said. The groups are used to post everything from news on rity officials have exploited the function by uploading large quanti- acting responsibly to deal with the current difficult time with a upcoming protests to tips on dousing tear gas canisters fired by ties of phone numbers. Reuters was unable to determine if this has to protect identity view to restoring the public order”. It declined to comment about the police to the identities of suspected undercover police and the occurred. The app automatically matches phone numbers with the whether it had tried to identify protesters by using the Telegram access codes to buildings in Hong Kong where protesters can hide. user names in the group. Authorities then only need to request the app. China’s Foreign Ministry, the Cyberspace Administration of Some protesters express concern that authorities could use owners of the phone numbers from the local telecom service in of HK protesters China (CAC) and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office did the movement’s reliance on Telegram to monitor and arrest order to learn the users’ true identities. Telegram has detected evi- not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of organizers. Telegram chat groups used to organize public dence that Hong Kong or mainland Chinese authorities may have WASHINGTON: Telegram, a popular encrypted messaging app, business hours. protests are often accessible to anyone and participants use uploaded numbers to identify protesters, said the person with will allow users to cloak their telephone numbers to safeguard Thousands of Hong Kong protesters take their cues from more pseudonyms. Telegram allows users to search for other users by direct knowledge of the situation. But it is unclear whether authori- Hong Kong protesters against monitoring by authorities, accord- than 100 groups on Telegram, according to protest organizers and uploading phone numbers. This function allows a new user to ties have successfully used this tactic to locate protesters. ing to a person with direct knowledge of the effort. The update to supporters. Protesters use encrypted apps like Telegram to mobi- quickly learn whether those in a phone’s contact book are Telegram did not respond to a request for comment. —Reuters Telegram, planned for release over the next few days, will allow 15 Established 1961

Sunday, September 1, 2019 What’s On

Jordanian group ‘NAYA’ performs at 14th Cultural Summer Festival

he Jordanian women’s group “NAYA” performed at was founded in 2011 in cooperation with Jordan’s Culture the 14th Cultural Summer Festival organized by Ministry and it is the first women group that aims at reviv- TNational Council for Culture, Arts and Letters ing the Arab music heritage. (NCCAL) at the Abdelhussein Abdulredha Theater. NAYA

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Recipes excess tomato juice that has accumulated in the bowl, Tomato Basil using your hand as a stopgap. Add the remaining 2 table- Caprese Pasta Salad spoons of olive oil. Stir to combine, and season the mix- Bruschetta ture with additional salt, to taste. If you don’t feel like his Caprese pasta salad recipe is easy, delicious your bruschetta is garlicky enough, add another pressed and perfect for summertime! Just cook cherry ou can make classic tomato-basil bruschetta at clove of garlic. tomatoes with olive oil to make the perfect pasta home with simple, fresh ingredients. It’s easy! Top each toast with tomato mixture, tipping your T spoon against the bowl to release excess juice as neces- sauce. Start by dicing your tomatoes to give them time to Y sary. Lightly drizzle a couple of tablespoons of thick bal- drain while you work on the remaining ingredients. Ingredients samic vinegar on top, and sprinkle lightly with flaky salt if 6 ounces whole grain fusilli or rotini pasta Ingredients you have any. Bruschetta is best served promptly. 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 pounds ripe tomatoes 2 pints cherry or grape tomatoes 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more to taste 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt 1/2 cup finely chopped white onion 8 ounces mozzarella 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil Several sprigs of fresh basil 2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced 2 to 3 teaspoons white balsamic vinegar 1 baguette 4 to 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided Instructions Thick balsamic vinegar Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and cook the pasta until al dente, according to package instructions. Instructions Drain the pasta and set it aside. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a While the pasta is cooking, combine the olive oil, large, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper for tomatoes and salt in a large, non-reactive skillet or easy clean-up, if desired. If your baking sheet is small- Dutch oven over medium heat. Cover the skillet (use a er than mine, you may need to make the toast in two baking sheet if you don’t have a better lid). Cook, stir- batches. ring occasionally, until most of the tomatoes have start- Dice your tomatoes and transfer them to a medium ed to burst out of their skins and the olive oil has a light mixing bowl, leaving the tomato seeds and juice behind red hue (about 6 to 12 minutes). on the cutting board. Stir the salt into the tomatoes, and Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in the add the onion, basil and garlic as they are ready. Stir to cooked pasta. Let the mixture cool for a few minutes combine and set the mixture aside to marinate while you while you chop the basil. work on the bread. Stir the mozzarella balls and basil into the pasta. Add Slice your baguette on the diagonal into pieces no the vinegar, then taste and add additional vinegar wider than 1/2-inch. I can usually fit 20 to 24 slices on my and/or salt, if it doesn’t quite taste spectacular yet. For large baking sheet; you might have some bread left over. best flavor, let the mixture rest for about 20 minutes, so Lightly brush both sides of each slice with olive oil. the pasta can absorb some of the sauce. Or, refrigerate Place the slices in a single layer on your prepared it for future use. baking sheet and bake them on the middle rack for 6 to 9 This salad will keep well in the refrigerator for up to minutes, until they’re crisp and nicely golden on top. 4 days. Leftovers are great chilled or at room tempera- Transfer the toasts to a serving platter(s), if desired, and ture. You can also reheat the pasta if you don’t mind the set aside. mozzarella melting. When you’re ready to serve, carefully drain off the 16 Health & Science Sunday, September 1, 2019 Deforestation: Most serious threats to rain forest Fires not the only threat facing Amazon LIMA: Raging wildfires have drawn the world’s attention Mining to the Amazon but immolation is just one of the dangers Illegal mining operations being carried out in most facing the world’s largest rain forest, environmental Amazon basin region countries causes significant damage, experts across the region say. The Amazon, covering 5.5 compounded by the use of chemicals such as mercury- million square kilometers over nine countries, faces ever particularly in gold mining-which has contaminated soil more serious threats from encroaching crop and livestock and streams. The council of the Amerindian peoples of farming, mining, land occupations and illegal logging. French Guiana declared after a recent meeting that “fire is not the only danger that threatens or destroys the Amazon. Crop and livestock farming Extraction is largely responsible.” Some 29,000 hectares Deforestation for farming is one of the most serious of rainforest have been destroyed due to both legal and threats to the rain forest, a problem common to all nine illegal gold panning since 2003, according to the French jurisdictions: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French territory’s National Forestry Office. Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. “The main Venezuela’s cash-strapped government turned to the cause of deforestation is the advancing agricultural Amazon’s resources after the collapse of oil prices con- boundary,” said Jose Luis Capella, director of a forest tributed to its economic crisis. It launched a vast project in plantation program in Peru, 13 percent of which is covered 2016 to extract bauxite, coltan, diamonds and gold in an by the Amazon basin. area of more than 110,000 square kilometers of rain forest. A case in point is Ecuador, where agricultural land “Mining is much more serious than the fires,” said Cecilia increased by 23 percent between 2000 and 2017 — Gomez Miliani, head of the Venezuelan environmental NGO gouged from its share of the Amazon basin region. “This is Vitalis. “All vegetation is cut, eliminated, and this poses BRAZIL: Handout picture released by the Communication Department of the State of Mato Grosso showing one of the main factors in the shrinking of the rain forest,” problems of soil erosion, mercury contamination and popu- said Carmen Josse, director of the Fundacion Ecociencia in lation displacements.” Josse said the most worrying thing deforestation in the Amazon basin in the municipality of Colniza, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. — AFP Quito. A practice common in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and about mining is that it causes “permanent deforestation” by Bolivia is for farmers to set fires in the dry season to clear destroying several layers of soil, preventing regenerative areas has also contributed to the growing practice of ille- Colombia’s Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable the undergrowth in deforested areas. However, this often growth. In Ecuador, oil concessions encroaching on indige- gal land occupation, in which landless farmers settle on Development. Under pressure from environmentalists, the leads to uncontrolled burning, which takes a greater toll on nous lands are also taking a toll. In Peru, the government has land hoping to get a legal title at some point. “There is a Bolivian government has sought to make amends this week the rain forest. deployed the army in the Amazon to try to stop illegal min- tendency to confuse land occupation with (deforestation by announcing an “ecological pause”-prohibiting the sale Much to environmentalists’ chagrin, Bolivia’s govern- ing that has flourished in remote areas long left unprotected for) livestock,” said Carolina Urrutia, of the Colombian of fire-ravaged land to crack down on speculators. ment recently authorized farmers to burn 20 hectares by the state. Colombia has also mobilized its security forces NGO Parques Como Vamos. “But there is a more complex But that may be too little too late in a country that by instead of the usual five hectares — which is believed to to try to protect the Amazon basin after more than 138,000 phenomenon behind this process,” namely the greed of its own admission has lost 1.2 million hectares of grassland have contributed to thousands of wildfires that razed 1.2 hectares of rain forest disappeared in 2018, accounting for politicians and businessmen to “own as much land as pos- and forest to fires since May. The Amazon’s massive timber million hectares of grassland and forest since May. Illegal 70 percent of the country’s total deforestation. sible,” and speculating on resale, she said. resources long put the rainforest at risk from illegal log- crops also nibble away at the forest, like coca cultivation in “The absence of institutional control over the informal ging concerns, particularly those trading in hardwoods like Colombia, which now has nearly 170,000 hectares cov- Illegal occupation, hardwood trafficking land market and the appropriation of public vacant lots mahogany, now in danger of being wiped out from over- ered by coca plantations, according to UN data. Lack of a state presence in many remote and rural make this phenomenon possible,” says Rodrigo Botero of exploitation. — AFP 17

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Today you will be able to tackle tasks that require real discipline or Supporting your friends and ideals—maybe even struggling with them— organization. You will find yourself in a very practical mood—working with, instead of comes into the picture now. This may involve quite a bit of volunteer service. You are against, yourself. You may have some serious or contemplative moments. There is a actively involved on a social level, taking a bigger part in collective events. You have yearning for adventure and far horizons or to just have fun; you remain steadfast in little patience for people who do not live up to their principles. Broadening your intel- your determination to finish whatever project you start. Travel may be in order soon so lectual and spiritual horizons takes on a high priority now. You are intent on seeing the pull out the patient side of you as the opportunities will come to you soon. This big picture and getting to the point. Being in touch with ideas and people on a grand evening you may find yourself in a poetic mood. You are able to put your dreams and scale keeps your mind busy. The study of psychology or self-help tools may be helpful ideals into words and communicate them through speaking and writing. in understanding or aiding others. You feel a love of order and law—an appreciation for responsibilities and duty. Problems are seen as lessons, rather than obstacles.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) An emotional beginning, a fresh start, perhaps the establishment of a new relationship or new patterns of living is coming up for you now. Your conver- Close relationships and other ties between people become a focus for sations today are full of quick answers, great wit and a surplus of insights and much of your energy. New partnerships are entered into and old ones are renewed or solutions. This is a wonderful time to write and communicate with real originality. else they are left behind. A partnership can raise high hopes and give your spirits a Inventions and breakthroughs are possible. Completing a short story and submit- boost. People close to you are optimistic and have good prospects. You may find ting it to be published can be accomplished this day. You may be sought after for yourself analyzing your life situation and surroundings. You could find yourself giving your advice regarding very personal issues. You will be able to be understanding advice to someone—perhaps a young person—concerning a fishing, camping or sur- and handle this very volatile material. vival trip you participated in lately. Conversations of an inspiring kind may be in order with young people or others around you.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) You find yourself at your most imaginative, at least when it comes to ideas and thoughts. Today you will have an opportunity to rise above the everyday A pronounced curiosity about taboos and mysteries plays a greater part in your life now. Your mind is on cutting through the nonessentials and pene- ACROSS DOWN thoughts and soar into more cosmic musings. Libraries, museums and perhaps art shows—all have a particular appeal for you just now. You have a desire to explore all trating to the core of any situation you may find. This may mean you are reading instruc- 1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of 1. An independent group of closely related kinds of new horizons. Travel, education and other ways to stretch your horizons will tions on how to put together an easy-to-assemble product. Sex, taxes, investments and rubberized fabric. Chadic languages spoken in the area open new doors of opportunity. Religious, philosophical and cultural matters are like- life’s other most compelling phenomena may captivate your interest more than ever. You 4. Recurring in cycles. between the Biu-Mandara and East ly to have special appeal for you; transmitting ideas on a broad scale brings gain. This are determined to become more organized and informed so that when tax time comes 12. A white linen liturgical vestment with Chadic languages. is a time in your life where you will be able to enjoy those that support you, as well as next year, you will be able to get through it quickly! For those of you who are not mar- ried—you may become more interested in finding that perfect mate. sleeves. 2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the the accomplishments you have achieved. 15. Title for a civil or military leader (espe- gelling agent. cially in Turkey). 3. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium 16. Smaller than Florida pompano. ) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) blocker in cases of hypertension or con- Cancer (June 21-July 22 17. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal gestive heart failure or angina or Information that you have been examining and thinking about will now to 10 baths or 10 ephahs. You may find the need to be persuasive today. You are able to be most migraine. begin to take shape and prove useful to you. This is a time of action and embarking on successful in this endeavor. A good conversation with those you love is possible. 18. A deep bow. 4. An accountant certified by the state. new projects. A growing sense of direction and self-worth will find you reaching out Sympathy and understanding are emotional qualities that take on greater importance. 20. A nobleman (in various countries) of and becoming established. Circumstances can throw you into positions where you 5. God of the Underworld. It’s wisdom, not knowledge, that counts now. 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A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in simplified and receive encouragement. 23. Wild ginger. the ear canal. 26. Tag the base runner to get him out. 10. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 28. Specify individually. perfume) into a fine spray. Leo (July 23-August 22) 29. A Russian river. 11. A local computer network for communi- There is a feeling of being at peace and stable on the emotional level at cation between computers. this time. Stability and permanence satisfy a deep emotional need. Music is likely to 31. An official prosecutor for a judicial dis- This morning is a good time to devote time and energy to completing play a more important role now. A period of material acquisition can satisfy a deep 12. A town and port in northwestern Israel in some creative project. Take a survey of your property now—draw up a plan for a trict. yearning to be free from want. 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You are able to dispense with some of the unessential and 33. The first light of day. 19. A port city in southwestern Iran. develop what is most basic in your environment. You encourage better support. Friends 37. The capital and largest city of Yemen. find you most caring and in a listening mood. 24. Used as an Italian courtesy title. Pisces (February 19-March 20) 39. Water scorpions. 25. The basic unit of money in Ghana. 41. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the 27. The cry made by sheep. Ivory Coast. 30. Someone who bakes commercially. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Your home environment, friends and surroundings in general get attention this day. You could be working on a picture album or scrapbook, or shuffling keepsakes 45. An intensely radioactive metallic element 34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan into a more organized place. You may feel that your life is balanced and you keep your- that occurs in minute amounts in urani- River. 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Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceo- may soon become quite interested. You could feel great support from those around you, or circumstances could dictate your taking action—you feel healthy and natural. mize. Today you can work out a family budget that is agreeable to all. 48. A songlike cry in which the voice fluctu- late leaves. ates rapidly between the normal voice 40. United States feminist (1885-1977). and falsetto. 42. Two items of the same kind. 43. United States playwright (1906-1963). 50. Relating to or near the ulna. Wordsearch Puzzle Friday’s Solution 44. A summary that repeats the substance of 52. An elaborate song for solo voice. a longer discussion. 54. Any of several tall tropical palms native to 49. The shore of a lake. southeastern Asia having egg-shaped 51. Small South American marmoset with nuts. silky fur and long nonprehensile tail. 55. Property that is leased or rented out or 53. The capital and largest city of Jordan. let. 57. United States writer of poems and plays 56. A condition (mostly in boys) character- about racial conflict (born in 1934). ized by behavioral and learning disor- 59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike ders. part of an organism. 58. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh. 62. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for 60. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day. its aromatic seeds and the oil from them 61. Leafless East Indian vine. used medicinally and as a flavoring in 64. Explore natural caves. cookery. 67. To or toward the inside of. 63. Having an owner. 70. A usually malignant tumor arising from 65. Goddess of fate. 66. An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) sepa- connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.). rating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of 73. 1 species. Japan. 75. English theoretical physicist who applied 68. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hear- relativity theory to quantum mechanics ing wholly or in part. and predicted the existence of antimat- 69. Mentally healthy. ter and the positron (1902-1984). 71. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was 76. The act of using. formed by an explosion. 77. A Dravidian language spoken in southern 72. The highest level or degree attainable. India. 74. A river in north central Switzerland that 80. A cooperative unit. runs northeast into the Rhine. 81. A master's degree in education. 78. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of 82. Regional and archaic. the alkali metal group. 83. A river in north central Switzerland that 79. A public promotion of some product or runs northeast into the Rhine. service.

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quipped with powerful magnets, history enthusiasts enthusiasts have discovered shells, ammunition and Eand environmentalists scour France’s rivers, pulling grenades. And they can still be active, warns the national out bits of scrap metal, bikes, scooters and the odd public safety authority. Faced with the hobby’s rising kitchen appliance. Sometimes, too, they fish other more popularity in the last nearly two years, including under unexpected objects out of the water, such as unexploded the Pont des Arts pedestrian bridge in central Paris, the Fishermen remove scrap metal they caught with a “super- munitions. Magnet fishing has fast become a popular authority has recently made police across France aware powerful” neodyme magnet. pastime, according to public safety officials, but French of the dangers. authorities have clamped down over fears that historical In May, a man was seriously injured after pulling out a battle sites could still harbor active weapons. shell that emitted mustard gas, in the Nord region, home As in other countries, participants in France tie a to the town of Dunkirk. Two young magnet fishers in the super magnet to a rope and drop it into waterways, part- Somme at the end of July also hauled out a phosphorus ly for treasure hunting, partly for environmental reasons. grenade, which irritated their eyes, police said. The pas- On the banks of the Oise river, in a town about 75 kilo- time is now illegal in France without a permit issued by meters (47 miles) north of Paris, Owen Gressier, 20, and the state or landowners. his three fellow magnet fishermen cast their neodymium “We were not aware of the risks... until my son found a magnets. grenade,” says Helene Ledien, who lives in the Somme. After several attempts at their spot near a bridge in La She said that her 14-year-old son Arthur bought a mag- Croix-Saint-Ouen, they latch onto something. It takes a net for about 30 euros ($33) on Amazon and regularly few minutes to haul out the item with the help of a grap- fishes with his friend for environmental reasons. pling hook. A rusty, cast-iron pipe emerges: “Nice catch,” they say. It’s the best find that afternoon. “We’ve Fishermen remove a metallic barrier they caught with a ‘Good for the planet’ been fishing here for a number of years, the bottom (of “super-powerful” neodyme magnet. Gressier said that his group had hauled out one active Fishermen remove a metallic barrier they caught with a the river) is pretty clean,” Gressier, a forklift truck opera- shell and hundreds of rusty weapons but knows what to “super-powerful” neodyme magnet. tor, says. Driven by what he calls his passion for World one of the largest battles of World War I, Christophe do in that case. “We establish a security perimeter and War II and a quest to find medals, military gear and other Devarenne started magnet fishing three months ago. we warn the disposal experts,” he adds. Despite the historical objects, Gressier says that he also “quickly He says the thrill comes from “not knowing what will warnings, his group says it won’t stop the activity that realised that it was possible to clean up the waterways”. be at the end of the magnet”. But the 52-year-old driver has got them hooked. warns that “if you expect to find treasures, there are not “It’s a passion, good for the planet, we will not stop ‘It’s crazy what you can find’ many”. Although he did pull out a rifle dating from 1914 overnight,” says his 26-year-old friend Nicolas, who In 2017, he set up a Facebook page, which now has to 1918, he says that it was “downright rusty after 100 declined to give his full name. “People will play cat and more than 500 subscribers, where members share pho- years in the water”. “Even the Museum of the Great War mouse,” Devarenne chimes in. “Nobody is really afraid, tos, advice and organize outings. “It’s crazy everything did not want it,” he jokes, adding that nothing goes to because the police have better things to do than chase you can find in the water,” Gressier says, listing anything waste as it is resold or given to scrap merchants. after magnets,” he adds. — AFP from electric scooters to traffic signs and microwaves. “With a dozen people, you can sometimes pull out 50 ‘My teenage son found a grenade’ kilos (around 110 pounds) of scrap metal in a few hours,” In other French regions too, where bloody battles Fishermen throw their “super-powerful” neodyme mag- he adds. In the neighboring Somme department, site of were fought during both world wars, magnet fishing nets to catch and remove scrap metal.

on Manhattan’s Sixth Avenue near Rockefeller Center. “We women Statues for equality: are great contributors to society and they just overlook us. It is uplifting to see this,” she added. The statues, unveiled on Monday to mark Women’s Equality Day, feature inspirational women from Australians unveil NY different walks of life. They are mostly American and were nomi- nated online. Astronaut Tracy Dyson, the singer Pink, actress Nicole sculptures of 10 women Kidman, and transgender author and activist Janet Mock are among those striking a powerful pose on a flower of their choos- ing. Writer Cheryl Strayed, women’s empowerment campaigner en statues of famous women were installed in New York this Tererai Trent and English conservationist Jane Goodall are also Tweek as the first part of an international project by featured. “I think it’s great,” said 42-year-old Corinne Gudovic Australian artists to highlight gender imbalance in monu- from Chicago as she eyed the statue of Goodall. “I wasn’t ments. Media mogul and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, Oscar- extremely sure what it was for at first but I’m lwaysa for women’s winning actress Cate Blanchett and three-time Olympic gold empowerment and anything that demonstrates that is a good medalist Gabby Douglas were among the personalities chosen by thing,” she added. the public to be carved in bronze. The statues, which stand around Only five out of New York’s 150 public statues are of women, 6.5 feet (two meters) tall, are the work of husband-and-wife according to the city’s government. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio sculpting duo Gillie and Marc Schattner, who want women to be has committed to building more. The Schattners plan to put up fairly represented in public art. sculptures in other countries as well, including Australia and They say on their website that less than three percent of New Britain, and are welcoming nominations on their website. — AFP York’s statues are of women. The figure is three percent in London and four percent in Sydney, they add. “It’s gorgeous!” said 46- year-old Leslie Daniels as she stopped to look at the installation 20 Established 1961 Lifestyle Gossip Sunday, September 1, 2019

erge Pizzorno swapped his studio hours on the advice of with a couple of weeks, I was going, ‘Man, I’ve done more work, got S Damon Albarn and it made him more productive. The more done, and more finished than ever.” Serge released his debut solo Kasabian star has just launched his solo project The S.L.P. album on Friday (and he has already started work on the next and has revealed he spent time in the studio watching the Kasabian record. The ‘Fire’ hitmakers have been on an extended break Blur and Gorillaz star work and he inspired him to change working in since touring their 2017 LP ‘For Crying Out Loud’ and, although the the early hours to normal office hours and he hasn’t looked back since. guitarist used the hiatus to work on ‘The S.L.P.’ , things have gone so He told the latest issue of Q magazine: “I always thought my powers well he’s now turned his attention to the group’s seventh studio record. came at night between, like, 12 and three. “But then I met Damon He said: “It’s really exciting. I’m in an amazing space where if I go into Albarn, I went to see him in the studio - we had a game of table tennis, the studio, something’s going to happen. They’re good times because it was mega - and he was saying that he does nine to six or something. they’re rare - usually it’s an absolute slog.” “I was like, ‘What d’ya mean?’ and he went, ‘No, it’s great!’ “So I thought I’m gonna give that a go. “Office hours. It was unbelievable

ana Del Rey will release new album ‘White part in it, in opening that door for a little bit more . . . L Hot Forever’ in 2020. The ‘Doin’ Time’ singer thoughtfulness.” On ‘Norman Rockwell’, Lana appears to has just dropped her new album ‘Norman take aim at Kanye West for his support of America’s Rockwell’ and the prolific star has already President Donald Trump and also addresses the mass revealed the title of her next full-length project, which shootings in the country. The 34-year-old singer recent- she is planning to “surprise” fans with in the next year or ly admitted she doesn’t want Kanye to respond to her risten Bell is glad Jonathan Groff gets to so. She told The Times newspaper: “I’ve already written mention of him in ‘The Greatest’. Lana - who performed “really sing” in ‘Frozen 2’. The 39-year- parts of it. “It’s called ‘White Hot Forever’. “I feel like it at the rapper’s wedding to Kim Kardashian West in 2014 K old actress and her co-star are back as probably will be a surprise release sometime within the - said about the lyric, “Kanye West is blond and gone”: Anna and Kristoff respectively for the next 12 or 13 months. “I’m really excited right now. I “Here’s the thing: I don’t want to elicit a response. You upcoming Disney animated sequel, and she’s don’t want to take a break.” Meanwhile, the ‘Video never feel better for having written something like that. delighted Groff will have the chance to show off his Games’ hitmaker also discussed the wave of honest But Kanye just means so much to us. And by the way, I’m talents in the movie. She told Entertainment artists coming through, like 17-year-old pop phenome- grateful to be in a country where everyone can have Tonight: “You are going to get to see Jonathan non Billie Eilish, who aren’t afraid to sing about sadness, their own political views. I’m really not more of a liberal Groff sing! Really sing! Finally! “That was my one and admitted she feels she paved the way for modern than I am a Republican-I’m in the middle. But it was critique. We didn’t get enough Jonathan Groff pop stars who have “a little bit more thoughtfulness” in more like the mood and the vibe around, Yo, this man is singing, and to me, he has one of the best singing their lyrics. She said: “She’s so sweet and very prodi- the greatest! Really? The greatest? It hurt me. Did I voices I’ve ever heard. “I would listen to him gious. “The culture is catching up to how people really have to say anything? No. But it’s more just a line that singing the alphabet forever, and he really gets his are. People aren’t always cheerful 24/7. They have losses represents a lot of things.” dessert in this movie.” Bell revealed she is close to and things they go through things. I like to think I had a

issy Elliott and Lizzo have M another collaboration on the way. The rappers teamed up on trap banger ‘Tempo’ - which featured on Lizzo’s debut studio album exter Fletcher has been given ting to shape the new story for Robert ‘Cuz I Love You’ - earlier this year, and D Guy Ritchie’s blessing to direct Downey Jr’s Sherlock and Jude Law’s Dr. now the ‘Work It’ hitmaker has revealed ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’. The 53- John Watson and the 50-year-old film- they’ve recorded a second track for her year-old filmmaker has been maker has given him his full backing. own project. In an interview on ‘The hired by Warner Bros. to helm the next When asked if he’d discussed the project Angie Martinez show’, Missy teased: installment in the detective franchise - with his predecessor, Dexter said: “Yeah I “Lizzo, I love Lizzo. “We have kicked it so which is based on Sir Arthur Conan have, he’s very generous about it. He’s like, many times in the studio. “We’ve got a her co-stars - including Idina Menzel (Elsa) and Doyle’s world famous - following Guy’s ‘You’re gonna have a great time, go and record together on my other thing that is Josh Gad (Olaf) - despite not getting to actually 2009 movie ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and 2011’s have a great time. It’ll be exciting.’ coming up that is coming up.” Missy’s work together while recording their lines for the ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’. “Robert’s fantastic, Jude’s amazing, it’s an next project will follow her EP film. She said: “It’s so much fun to sing with those Dexter has now revealed he has spoken to incredible cast there and a great opportu- ‘Iconology’, her first full body of work in three. I mean, truly. You don’t get to record with Guy bout taking over the reins and get- nity and he’s not around to do it. He’s off 14 years. The 48-year-old superstar - who your cast mates when you’re doing an animated doing what he’s doing. It feels good to be hadn’t released a record since 2005’s ‘The movie, but every time we’re together to do press a part of that. Guy and I go way back and Cookbook’ - surprised fans with a last- like this and stuff, we are in love with each other. he’s very generous and sort of think he minute announcement last week, before “We have too much fun together!” Meanwhile, the finds it rather fun that it’s me.” Dexter dropping the mini album at midnight, after star recently admitted she told her two daughters - starred in Guy’s 1998 debut feature film, a “tremendous year” so far. Announcing four-year-old Delta and six-year-old Lincoln, the crime caper ‘Lock, Stock and Two the news on Instagram, she wrote: “This whom she has with husband Dax Shepard - Smoking Barrels’ which launched his year has been a tremendous year for “everything” about the movie and has warned them career as a director. The ‘Rocketman’ me...I am humbled and grateful. THANK they could get “big time busted” if they let any- director insists he won’t “ignore” the style YOU for allowing me to smell the roses. thing slip. She confessed: “I did explain to my kids of Guy’s Sherlock previous films but it is You, my fans, and God are the reason I am that they can’t talk about it. “I was singing the “inevitable” that there will be differences here and have celebrated every milestone songs to them very early on and thank god their because they are different creatives. with me! So, I have a SURPRISE for you... words are still muddled when they’re singing, which Dexter said: “I think it’s inevitable isn’t it? let’s continue the celebration at midnight has saved me a couple times when they’ve gone full We’re different filmmakers. I’m not gonna tonight...I’m dropping a collection of new songs in the meantime, including Little voice with a new hit from ‘Frozen 2’ in the middle of kind of ignore what he did so brilliantly songs! Let’s #ThrowItBack to a time Mix’s ‘How Ya Doin’?’ in 2012, Ariana the living room. “I’m like, ‘Oh, oh, don’t.’ I had to before, I mean they’ll be an element of when music just felt good and made us Grande tune ‘Borderline’ last year, and explain to them they couldn’t really talk about it, that but I’ll also bring my own voice to it want to dance! Sincerely, Dr. Melissa ‘Tempo’. The album announcement came this had to be a secret.” She added: “I have told as well and it will be something sort of “Missy” Elliott #Iconology (sic)” The just days ahead of the MTV Video Music them the entire plot line. They know everything, different. That’s the idea of bringing in ‘Work It’ hitmaker’s latest song collection Awards (VMAs), where the ‘Lose Control’ they know all the new characters, they know all the somebody new and that thing happens.” was produced by herself, Timbaland, and star was honored with the Video new songs. “And they can sing them, but they ‘Sherlock Holmes’ is scheduled for release Wili Hendrix, and includes the single Vanguard Award for her music video con- know they’re gonna get big time busted if they tell in December 2021. ‘Throw It Back’. While Missy hadn’t tributions over the years. The ‘Get Ur anyone.” released an album since 2005 before Freak On’ hitmaker also gave her first per- ‘Iconology’, she has appeared on several formance at the ceremony in 16 years.

ak-Su have reportedly been dropped by their ‘Rome’ didn’t achieve the same success. In November, the R record label. The 2017 ‘X Factor’ winners - band split from Syco along with Little Mix after the label comprised of childhood friends Mustafa stopped working with Modest! Management, who man- Rahimtulla, Ashley Fongho, Jamaal Shurland ages both acts. And Ashley admitted it was “frustrating” and Myles Stephenson - were tipped to be the next One because they were unable to get their music out. He Direction by the show’s boss Simon Cowell, but just two explained: “How was it last year? Frustrating, confusing years after winning the ITV talent show and two EPs, mostly because it affected us putting out music. “When they are said to have been given the boot by RCA. An we came off ‘The X Factor’ there were suddenly a lot of insider told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “It’s a cooks in the kitchen. “It has taken us a while to get back tough time to be in pop and the buzz for Rak-Su fizzled to where we were before.” Whilst Myles had insisted that out fast. They haven’t delivered the huge chart singles the move to RCA was working out and denied a feud which bosses were convinced they would, despite being with Simon. He said: “Since we’ve been on RCA we’ve so popular on the show. “The feeling is that their released the Rome EP, filmed four videos and released moment has passed and it’s gong to be tough to revive it. ‘Yours Or Mine’, so for us, as long as music is released, “The boys are determined though and are planning to we’re happy.” On the music mogul, he added: “Simon continue as a band, trying to get a record deal else- said, ‘I had faith in you guys, I just want what is best for where.” The boyband reached number two in The Official you going forward’.” UK Chart with ‘Dimelo’ featuring Wyclef Jean, but their self-titled EP, released on Syco last year, and February’s Established 1961 21 Lifestyle Features Sunday, September 1, 2019

Ivorian singer Tina Glamour (center on the giant screen) pays her respects to his late son Ivorian singer DJ Arafat, during his Congolese singer Koffi Olomide (center) leaves after paying his respects to late Ivorian singer DJ Arafat, during his funeral cer- funeral ceremony at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast yesterday. — AFP photos emony at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

The coffin of late Ivorian singer DJ Arafat is exposed during his funeral ceremony at Relatives of late Ivorian singer DJ Arafat react during his funerals at the Felix Warriors walk ahead of the convoy escorting the coffin of late Ivorian singer DJ the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Arafat which leaves the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan, at the end of his funeral ceremony.

ens of thousands of fans of Ivorian singer DJ Arafat, Minister Maurice Bandaman conferred on him the deployed across the stadium overlooking Abidjan’s pic- and by Brazilian funk,” Kacou said. “He was also an Tstar of the hugely popular musical style “coupe- national order of cultural merit for “his immense contri- turesque lagoon. State radio and television broadcast the exceptional dancer and he linked the music he made to decale” who died this month in a motorbike acci- bution to the artistic radiance” of Ivory Coast. DJ Arafat, event live and giant screens installed in Yopougon and new dance forms.” Such broad interests were reflected dent, gave him a spectacular send-off at the country’s whose given name was Ange Didier Houon, was one of other working-class areas, as well as the upmarket on DJ Arafat’s last album “Renaissance”, released in main stadium early yesterday. The overnight funeral con- the most popular African musicians in the Francophone Cocody-Angre district where DJ Arafat lived. December 2018 and featuring Maitre Gims, Dadju, cert at the 35,000-capacity Felix Houphouet-Boigny sta- world, and had been referred to as the “king” of coupe- With a professional recording engineer for a father Davido and Fally Ipupa. The Ivorian star could also be dium in Abidjan began Friday evening and ended early decale (cut and run), an Ivorian form of dance music. and a singer for a mother, the young DJ Arafat was well prone to controversy. yesterday when Arafat’s body was brought for a final News of his death led to scenes of hysteria among placed to discover musical techniques on the job. “He “He had a divisive personality. He was very sensitive, farewell. some of his fans and Twitter tributes from fellow artists. toured the studios to learn, he was curious about every- which explains his ‘unfiltered’ reactions and clashes with Placed in the center of the football pitch, it drew wild President Alassane Ouattara called him “a youth icon and thing,” said Franck Alcide Kacou, label and publishing other artists, which formed part of his musical career,” applause. Then the mood turned sombre with fans burst- ambassador of Ivorian music and culture”. Coupe-decale manager of Universal Music Africa, a subsidiary of the Kacou said. “But this was also a matter of marketing. ing into tears. “The ceremony was really moving,” said originated in the bars of the lively Rue Princesse in the multinational Vivendi, which produced DJ Arafat’s work Arafat was a genius for communication, he used social Raymonde Nguessan. “We have lost a great man.” working-class Yopougon district of Abidjan and clubs from 2013. Working as a disc jockey on Rue Princesse, media very well.” Twice winner of the best artist of the Another fan, Samuel Kablan, was in tears as he declared: and spread across West Africa. DJ Arafat made his breakthrough with “Jonathan” in year in the Coupe-Decale Awards of 2016 and 2017, “Arafat was my life, my source of inspiration.” 2003, which he followed with a string of other hits. Arafat already had recognition across the continent in Throughout the night, A-list African stars such as ‘Curious about everything’ 2012, when he was named “Best African Artist” in the Davido, Sidiki Diabate, Fally Ipupa and Serge Beynaud DJ Arafat was due to be buried in the Williamsville ‘Divisive personality’ pan-African Kora Music Awards. — AFP sang for the music sensation, who died aged 33 on cemetery in the working-class Adjame district. His five He “revolutionized coupe-decale by mixing sounds August 12 after a motorbike crash in Ivory Coast’s main children were present at the concert. There was tight and rhythms. For instance he was inspired by African city Abidjan. Before the ceremony, Ivorian Culture security at the venue with some 6,500 security forces traditional music, but also by Nigerian Afrobeat, by rap

Director #MeToo movement. Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia appeared to draw a link between Dreyfus case and his Richard Martel, president of the judging panel for this year’s own life. “In the story, I sometimes find moments I have Linklater Golden Lion top award, told the festival’s opening news experienced myself, I can see the same determination to conference that the inclusion of Polanski had made her deny the facts and condemn me for things I have not “uncomfortable”, but later released a statement stressing done. Most of the people who harass me do not know me that she had no “prejudice” against his film. and know nothing about the case,” Polanski said. Variety film critic Owen Gleiberman described that ‘J’accuse’ comparison as “obscene”, adding that the film is “grandly oman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy” drew “An Officer and a Spy” tells the powerful story of the mounted” but “still feels lacking, maybe because Polanski Rmixed reactions from critics Friday at its Venice Dreyfus case, a miscarriage of justice against a backdrop thinks it’s about him”. “The first half of the movie sucks premiere, hailed as “handsome and involving” by of virulent anti-Semitism that shook France to its core in you right in, but after a while it starts to play like the one but “lacking” by another who said parallels drawn by the late 1800s and continued to reverberate for years. dramatized version of a Wikipedia entry,” he added. The the director between his life and his art were “obscene”. The Oscar-winning director of “The Pianist” and Guardian’s Xan Brooks also balked at suggested paral- The 86-year-old, a fugitive from the US since he was “Chinatown”, Polanski spent part of his childhood in lels, but said the film was “handsome and involving”. convicted for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old in 1978, Poland’s Krakow ghetto with his Polish-Jewish parents. Screen called it “procedural” but predicted it would did not attend the red carpet event for his film about “The film must be allowed to speak,” said one of the pro- be a “sturdy international performer”, while Le Figaro ioneering director Richard Linklater, known for his French Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus. ducers, Luca Barbareschi, at the press conference for the termed it a “message film” and praised Dujardin for his wildly ambitious projects, has announced that his But its stars, including “The Artist” Oscar-winner Jean movie Friday, adding that the festival was not a “moral “bold and nuanced” performance. “An Officer and a Spy” P trial”. is based on the book of the same name by British novelist latest movie will be filmed over a 20-year span. Dujardin and fellow French actor Louis Garrel, cracked Linklater famously shot his Oscar-winning “Boyhood” smiles as they signed autographs for fans. Campaigners But Polanski seemed to undermine that aim, with the Robert Harris but is filmed in French.—AFP over 12 years, allowing its star Ellar Coltrane to naturally have said the mired-in-controversy Polanski’s inclusion in release of an interview with French writer Pascal age on screen from a five-year-old up to his first day of the running for the top prize is out of touch in the era of Bruckner in the press notes for the Venice premiere that college. He will go one step further with his adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Merrily We Roll Along,” which tells the story of a Broadway composer who moves to Hollywood to produce movies. “I first saw, and fell in love with ‘Merrily’ in the ‘80s and I can’t think of a better place to spend the next 20 years than in the world of a Sondheim musical,” Linklater said in a statement. “I don’t enter this multi-year experience lightly, but it seems the best, perhaps the only way, to do this story justice on film.” The musical begins in Hollywood and moves back in time-meaning that if Linklater mirrors this, he will need to film the movie’s final scenes first. A state- US director Julian Schnabel and his partner screenwriter ment from studio Blumhouse said principal photography Louise Kugelberg arrive for the screening of the film has been completed for the “first segment of the film.” “J’Accuse” (An Officer and a Spy). “The most ambitious thing about this tremendous project we are undertaking with Richard Linklater is that we boldly assume there will be a planet in 20 years,” the stu- dio added in a tweet. The movie stars Beanie Feldstein (“Booksmart”), Ben Platt (“Pitch Perfect”) and Blake Jenner (“Everybody Wants Some!!”) Linklater came to fame with films including 1991’s era- portraying “Slacker” and his trilogy starting with 1995’s “Before Sunrise,” which follows a couple’s romance over a period of 20 years. The 59-year-old Texan’s cult classic “Dazed and Confused,” about the adventures of 1970s French actor Vincent Cassel and his wife French model Tina students on the last day of school, brought a young Kunakey arrive for the screening of the film ‘J’Accuse’ (An Matthew McConaughey to the screen in 1993 with his (From left) French composer Alexandre Desplat, French actor Jean Dujardin, French actress Emmanuelle Seigner and French Officer and a Spy) presented in competition during the 76th catchphrase “Alright, alright, alright.”— AFP actor Louis Garrel arrive for the screening of the film ‘J’Accuse’ (An Officer and a Spy) presented in competition. Venice Film Festival. — AFP photos 22 Established 1961

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Competitors jump during the Dods World Championship 2019.

hey throw themselves into the air, twisting their bod- Ties and seemingly making time standstill, before landing with a splash: originally a pastime to impress girls, Norway’s sport of “death diving” now attracts dozens of daredevils. Around 40 divers converged in the capital, Oslo, in mid-August for the annual world champi- onship of the sport, officially known by its Norwegian name of “dods”, meaning death. Some svelte and muscular, others paunchy and tat- tooed, nearly all the competitors are Norwegian, apart from a few from Sweden, Spain, Denmark and Finland. At

first glance, it might look like just another belly flop com- “the shrimp”, before reopening their body immediately petition. But death diving requires an element of skill. after impact to make the biggest splash possible. For the Jumping off a 10-metre (33-foot) tower, competitors per- freestyle contest, spectacular flips, twisting acrobatics and form a stunt, holding the pose for as long as they can until other “slow motion” moves that create a sense of sus- it looks like they’re about to do a massive belly flop, pending time-all, often improvised-are de rigueur. before tucking their body into a tight curl at the last sec- Poolside, a jury scores the competitors on their style, ond as they are about to hit the water. timing, originality-and, the size of their splash. “It’s difficult At Oslo’s Frognerbadet municipal pool, the divers vying to describe,” says Joan “Fly” Fuster, a 29-year-old for the world title warm up with stretches, push-ups and Spaniard, who travelled from Menorca for the competition. headstands to prepare their bodies for the grueling chal- “I really love the feeling of flying and being free. Like lenge to come. “You do have a few nerves,” admits Morten there’s no gravity for just a second.” Falteng, the oldest competitor at almost 60, who, with four friends, started the sport back in 1972. “We didn’t think ‘A blast’ too much about it back then, we just wanted to have fun. Hitting the water at 70 kilometers (45 miles) an hour We dived, we jumped, we wanted to do something new,” leaves little room for error. While dods dives are far from he recalls, clad in an old-fashioned, red-and-white striped the spectacular, death-defying swan dives performed off swimsuit. “And there were these five girls that always came the cliffs of Mexico and elsewhere, they can still involve to watch us,” he says, his voice trailing off at the memory. bruises and knees-in-the-nose when things don’t go as planned. ‘Fear locks out’ Divers occasionally emerge from the water limping or It was another group of Norwegian friends, who in in need of consolation, but mostly there’s a lot of cama- 2008 set up the world championships. Organizers say it raderie among competitors, with cheering, hugging and was meant as a somewhat tongue-in-cheek title at the high fives. “It’s not a very demanding sport,” says French- time as the only “international” diver that year was a Norwegian Paul Rigault, an official from the Norwegian Norwegian adopted from Guatemala. To blaring music, death diving federation. “All you need is a swimsuit and a competitors flex their muscles, dab, twerk and otherwise diving tower and everyone has a blast.” — AFP entertain the spectators below from the top of the diving tower. “When I’m up there and it’s a competition, all the fear just locks out. I can do anything when I’m up there,” says Miriam Hamberg, a 22-year-old from Sweden. For the past two years, the competition has been open to women, who compete in their own category. Hamberg has won the title both times. “My brothers have always done this and I’ve always done the same things as they do. I never want to be worse,” she says.

Spectators at the stands cheer ‘No gravity for just a second’ during the Dods World The world championship comprises of two events: clas- Championship 2019. sic and freestyle. In the classic event, divers jump, their arms straight out to form a cross. Then, just before impact, they tuck their body into a tight ball or pike position called

he world must act now to avoid conflict over food, tion of climate change, water scarcity and soil and biodi- the cut. South Asia and China are facing critical water affecting neighbors, governments and industries. Tland and water spreading from hot spots such as versity loss, he said. Yet if harvests were to fail in a major shortages that could unleash conflict while fights are Farming guzzles freshwater, uses fossil fuels and relies Syria to power centers like London and New York, grain-growing region, prices of grain and bread would already breaking out in parts of Africa over water and on pesticides, he said, urging a new system that is climate- according to a top science writer. Julian Cribb, an award- spike, he said. grazing rights, he said. “In America, it is going to take resilient, environmentally-friendly, nourishing and afford- winning Australian journalist, called for an overhaul of “Supermarkets can be emptied in 24 hours, if people 6,000 years to replace the groundwater they’ve taken out able. Cribb proposed three new options: farming that global food production to avoid disputes over resources panic. We are far closer to hunger than most of us sus- in the last 150 years,” according to Cribb, referring to repairs natural resources, deep-ocean aquaculture that proliferating in new territories. “We tend to think of food pect,” said Cribb, whose book ‘Food or War’, published by heavy use by farmers. avoids pollution and disease, and the recycling of urban crises as something that happens in Africa or some other the Cambridge University Press, comes out in October. “Even though America is an advanced country, with all water and nutrients. There is no time to be lost, Cribb said, developing country,” he told the Thomson Reuters Globally, more than one in four people struggles to eat the technologies and solutions, they’ve not managed their as humans devour fertile soil and water at record speed. Foundation by phone. healthy food and one in nine goes hungry, according to the water well, and they are as vulnerable as many other “The most destructive object on the planet...is the human “We think supermarkets will always be full of food... United Nations. countries to groundwater shortages.” “I’m not saying a jawbone.”— Reuters But the world only has about three months supply of grain Cribb identified seven “powder kegs” at risk of conflict shooting war would break out over water. But there is def- in store at any one time,” said Cribb. The world’s food sys- in the coming four or five decades. South Asia topped the initely danger of conflict of various kinds.” He said con- tems are coming under increasing strain from a combina- list, followed by Africa and China. United States also made frontation could take many forms, from physical to legal, Classifieds Sunday, September 1, 2019

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Istanbul 02:55 JZR 103 Bahrain 15:05 QTR 1086 Doha 02:40 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:15 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 03:05 UAE 878 Dubai 15:30 KAC 414 Bangkok 02:40 OMA 645 Muscat 15:20 KLM 446 Amsterdam 03:10 QTR 1079 Doha 15:30 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:50 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 MSR 3036 Cairo 03:25 SVA 501 Jeddah 15:45 PGT 860 Istanbul 02:50 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 UAE 854 Dubai 03:30 JZR 405 Kochi 16:00 THY 768 Istanbul 02:55 KAC 546 Cairo 15:50 THY 769 Istanbul 03:50 KAC 563 Amman 16:00 OMA 643 Muscat 03:05 FEG 341 Sohag 16:00 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:00 KAC 615 Bahrain 16:10 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:05 FDB 051 Dubai 16:10 OMA 644 Muscat 04:05 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 RJA 648 Amman 03:05 JZR 732 Cairo 16:10 QTR 1087 Doha 04:15 KAC 785 Jeddah 16:20 PGT 856 Istanbul 03:10 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:20 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 KAC 502 Beirut 16:15 PGT 861 Istanbul 04:20 OMA 646 Muscat 16:20 KAC 418 Manila 03:20 FEG 241 Alexandria 16:45 PGT 857 Istanbul 04:20 KAC 619 Doha 16:25 QTR 1076 Doha 03:30 SAW 705 Damascus 17:00 JZR 1735 Cairo 04:40 FEG 442 Asyut 16:55 OHY 352 Istanbul 04:00 JZR 116 Doha 17:05 QTR 1077 Doha 05:00 KAC 675 Dubai 17:00 LMU 510 Cairo 04:00 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:10 LMU 511 Cairo 05:00 FDB 052 Dubai 17:10 KAC 382 Delhi 04:05 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 OHY 351 Istanbul 05:00 QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 IGO 1751 Chennai 04:10 IRA 665 Shiraz 17:35 IGO 1752 Chennai 05:10 KAC 503 Beirut 17:40 KAC 784 Jeddah 04:25 JZR 214 Jeddah 17:35 KAC 303 Mumbai 05:15 KAC 283 Dhaka 17:40 JZR 1738 Cairo 04:45 JZR 124 Dubai 17:40 KAC 103 London 05:20 UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 JZR 404 Hyderabad 04:50 JZR 104 Bahrain 18:00 JZR 703 Asyut 05:30 FEG 242 Alexandria 17:45 THY 1414 Trabzon 05:05 QTR 1080 Doha 18:10 JZR 737 Cairo 05:55 KAC 621 Doha 17:50 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:05 KAC 516 Tehran 18:20 FDB 070 Dubai 06:00 KAC 343 Chennai 17:50 FDB 069 Dubai 05:05 JZR 302 Istanbul 18:20 THY 1465 Istanbul 06:00 KAC 381 Delhi 17:55 IGO 1759 Delhi 05:10 MSR 620 Cairo 18:30 IGO 1760 Delhi 06:10 SAW 706 Damascus 18:00 THY 770 Istanbul 05:20 JZR 736 Cairo 18:55 THY 771 Istanbul 06:30 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:10 JZR 402 Mumbai 05:25 FDB 063 Dubai 19:05 GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 JZR 721 Alexandria 18:15 KAC 344 Chennai 05:30 RJA 640 Amman 19:05 RJA 649 Amman 07:00 JZR 127 Dubai 18:20 JZR 112 Doha 05:50 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 JZR 251 Amman 07:10 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 KAC 552 Cairo 05:50 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 JZR 121 Dubai 07:15 JZR 403 Hyderabad 18:25 BAW 157 London 06:10 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:20 JZR 113 Doha 07:30 JZR 501 Lahore 18:35 JZR 708 Luxor 06:15 KAC 156 Istanbul 19:25 RBG 550 Alexandria 07:30 JZR 733 Cairo 18:35 KAC 284 Dhaka 06:15 KAC 616 Bahrain 19:40 KAC 165 Rome 08:00 IRA 664 Shiraz 18:35 JZR 714 Sohag 06:20 RBG 555 Alexandria 19:40 KAC 171 Frankfurt 08:00 JZR 261 Beirut 19:10 KAC 678 Dubai 06:40 KAC 674 Dubai 19:45 BAW 156 London 08:00 JZR 253 Amman 19:10 KAC 204 Lahore 06:45 KAC 178 Vienna 19:50 IGO 1767 Mumbai 08:10 KAC 345 Ahmedabad 19:20 RBG 559 Alexandria 06:50 JZR 310 BJV 19:50 KAC 177 Vienna 08:45 QTR 1081 Doha 19:20 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:05 KAC 158 Istanbul 19:55 KAC 545 Cairo 08:50 MSR 621 Cairo 19:30 IGO 1766 Mumbai 07:10 KAC 166 Rome 20:00 KAC 501 Beirut 08:50 FDB 064 Dubai 19:45 QTR 8511 Doha 07:10 KAC 104 London 20:00 KAC 561 Amman 08:55 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 KAC 2708 Madinah 07:15 OMA 647 Muscat 20:05 KAC 117 New York 09:05 ABY 124 Sharjah 20:00 KAC 358 Kochi 07:25 DLH 624 Frankfurt 20:10 KAC 791 Madinah 09:10 RJA 641 Amman 20:05 JZR 724 Alexandria 07:50 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 QTR 8512 Doha 09:10 RBG 556 Alexandria 20:20 QTR 1084 Doha 08:00 KAC 542 Cairo 20:15 QTR 1085 Doha 09:10 JZR 401 Mumbai 20:30 KAC 332 Trivandrum 08:05 KAC 620 Doha 20:30 KAC 671 Dubai 09:15 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 KAC 384 Delhi 08:10 QTR 1088 Doha 20:40 KAC 161 Geneva 09:15 KAC 351 Kochi 20:45 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 KAC 172 Frankfurt 21:00 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:15 DLH 624 Dammam 20:55 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 08:50 KLM 445 Amsterdam 21:00 JZR 601 Baku 09:20 KAC 333 Trivandrum 21:05 OMA 641 Muscat 09:00 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:10 KAC 691 Muscat 09:20 OMA 648 Muscat 21:05 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:00 KAC 198 Baku 21:10 KAC 741 Dammam 09:40 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 QTR 1070 Doha 09:20 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 KAC 773 Riyadh 09:40 KAC 301 Mumbai 21:25 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 ALK 229 Colombo 21:15 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:40 QTR 1089 Doha 21:50 IGO 1753 Ahmedabad 09:40 THY 764 Istanbul 21:30 JZR 731 Cairo 09:45 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 JZR 410 Delhi 09:50 KAC 676 Dubai 21:45 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 KAC 203 Lahore 22:00 SAW 703 Damascus 10:00 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:50 JZR 301 Istanbul 09:55 KLM 445 Bahrain 22:10 SVA 512 Riyadh 10:00 KAC 622 Doha 21:50 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 09:55 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:15 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 KAC 564 Amman 21:55 OMA 642 Muscat 10:00 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 SAW 707 Damascus 10:40 QTR 1082 Doha 22:05 KAC 101 London 10:05 THY 1403 AYT 22:25 MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:15 QTR 1071 Doha 10:30 KAC 383 Delhi 22:35 SYR 341 Damascus 11:00 KAC 162 Geneva 22:15 KAC 617 Doha 10:40 UAE 860 Dubai 22:35 QTR 1074 Doha 11:00 KAC 786 Jeddah 22:20 KAC 155 Istanbul 10:40 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:50 JZR 1736 Cairo 11:05 AIC 981 Chennai/Ahmedabad 22:25 IGO 1754 Ahmedabad 10:40 KAC 783 Jeddah 22:55 JZR 114 Doha 11:10 JZR 128 Dubai 22:50 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 KAC 551 Cairo 23:00 IGO 1755 CNN 11:30 KNE 233 Riyadh 22:55 SVA 513 Riyadh 10:55 KAC 411 Bangkok 23:00 JZR 122 Dubai 11:45 MSC 405 Sohag 23:15 SAW 704 Damascus 11:00 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05 JZR 704 Asyut 11:55 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 KAC 157 Istanbul 11:15 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 JZR 252 Amman 12:20 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 JZR 221 Riyadh 11:20 JZR 701 Asyut 23:45 JZR 738 Cairo 12:20 MEA 400 Beirut 23:45 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 KNE 234 Riyadh 23:45 24 Established 1961 News Sunday, September 1, 2019 Dorian shifts; Georgia, Florida and Carolinas in the path

JACKSONVILLE. FL: Hurricane Dorian spun west ble Florida landfall, Graham said other southeast US yesterday, putting Georgia and the Carolinas in the path states now had to be on alert. of a possible landfall as well as Florida, where some “Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina have beaches were all but deserted on the holiday weekend got to pay attention as well,” he said. The governors of as visitors braced for the dangerous category 4 storm. Florida, Georgia and North Carolina have all declared The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said states of emergency. On Florida’s east coast, popular there had been a “notable change” since Friday night, surfing spot Cocoa Beach was quiet as tourists stayed with the latest forecasts showing the eye of the storm away, while locals worked on putting up hurri- could veer north and stay out at sea. caneshutters and buying supplies ranging from water But it warned that its course remained unpre- to power generators. dictable. Dorian still poses a threat to millions of peo- “It’s pretty slow, there’s not many people on the ple, as well as holiday attractions such as Walt Disney beach,” said Alex Hendricks, a saleswoman at the World, the NASA launchpads along the Space Coast, Cocoa Beach Surf Company. In the Bahamas, most and even President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago tourists who planned to leave had already gone after resort in Palm Beach. Freeport’s international airport was scheduled to shut The NHC said Dorian was packing maximum sus- down at 10 p.m. on Friday. tained winds of 150 mph (240 kph) and was expected The NHC urged Florida residents to remain on alert. to pass north of the southeastern and central Bahamas “It should be noted that the new forecast track does not today and be near Florida’s east coast late Monday preclude Dorian making landfall on the Florida coast, as through Tuesday. Of immediate concern were Bahamas large portions of the coast remain in the track cone of tourist hotspots Great Abaco and Grand Bahamas, uncertainty,” the center cautioned yesterday. where up to two days of hurricane-force winds were Trump said South Carolina, North Carolina and set to start today as Dorian slowed to a 2 mph (3.2 Georgia could all be hit harder by the storm than had kph) crawl. been previously expected. “It’s moving around and very “This is a very dangerous situation for the hard to predict, except that it is one of the biggest and FORT PIERCE, Florida: Rain clouds move toward the shore as Hurricane Dorian churns off the coast yesterday near Bahamas,” NHC Director Ken Graham said in a strongest (and really wide) that we have seen in Fort Pierce, Florida. — AFP Facebook Live video. After so much focus on a possi- decades. Be safe!” Trump wrote on Twitter. — Reuters

Ryugu may be the “child” of two parent bodies that New images from collided, broke up and were then pulled back together by gravity, the researchers say. Alternatively, it could have been struck by another body that created different asteroid probe interior temperature and pressure conditions, creating the two types of material. yield clues on Many of the rocks contain small blue and red “inclu- sions”-material trapped in the rock during its forma- tion-much like a type of rare, primordial meteorites planet formation found on Earth called carbonaceous chondrites. “This WASHINGTON: Photographs snapped by a shoebox- material is primitive material-it’s the very first material sized probe that explored the near-Earth asteroid of the solar nebula,” or the cloud of interstellar dust and Ryugu offer new clues about its composition, insights gas that formed the planets of our system, said Jaumann. that are expected to help scientists understand the for- Hayabusa2, which set off from Earth in 2014 and mation of our solar system. The German-French Mobile itself touched down twice on the asteroid’s surface, Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) was dropped off by most recently in July, will arrive home next year carry- Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft on October 3, 2018, free- ing samples for analysis in the lab. MASCOT’s obser- falling from a height of 41 meters (135 feet) for six min- vations provide, for the first time, information on the utes before it hit the surface. material’s original geologic context, including how it is It then bounced a couple of times-reaching a height exposed to temperature changes and how it is “weath- of 17 meters on the first bounce-before coming to rest. ered” in space. Ryugu is just 900 meters wide and so its gravity is “We don’t know how planets formed in the begin- 66,500 times weaker than Earth’s. Had MASCOT been ning,” said Jaumann. “And in order to understand this, equipped with wheels, its forward motion would have (we must) go to the small bodies, these primitive bod- launched it back into space. ies, primordial in their history in their evolution, in Instead, it hopped around the surface using the order to understand the first 10 to 100 million years of tiny amount of momentum generated by a metal planetary formation.” swing arm attached to its boxy body, which weighed MASCOT also presented scientists with a new mys- 10 kilograms (22 pounds). tery: its lack of fine particles, or interplanetary dust, This undated photo courtesy of Jaumann et al, Science 2019, shows a new image taken by the German-French Mobile In addition to taking temperature readings and other which would normally accumulate through millions of Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) on the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. —-AFP measurements, MASCOT sent back a series of pictures years of space weathering. The paper offered theories showing the asteroid is covered with two types of rocks but no definitive conclusions. The dust might have fallen and boulders: dark and rough ones with crumbly sur- into tiny holes in Ryugu’s surface when the asteroid was humankind’s survival could one day depend on it. bility would be to build a large, reflective solar sail and faces resembling cauliflowers, and bright and smooth struck by other bodies. Ryugu’s orbit places it mainly between Earth and Mars. place it on the asteroid’s surface, so that the pressure ones. “The interesting thing there is, it really shows that Alternatively, temperature changes could have result- Though it comes close, it’s not thought to pose a danger from solar radiation would gradually alter its course, Ryugu is the product of some kind of violent process,” ed in an electrostatic force that expelled the dust into to us, but other asteroids could. said Jaumann. Whatever strategy is adopted, he and Ralf Jaumann of the German Aerospace Center told AFP. space. Or water might once have existed on Ryugu, and If their composition is like Ryugu’s, trying to take other astronomers say it’s clear these small, enigmatic He is the lead author of a paper describing the findings, its evaporation would have carried away the smaller them out with a missile would probably just break them bodies are of not-so-small importance in our solar published Thursday in the journal Science. particles. There’s another reason to study asteroids: into smaller rocks still headed toward Earth. One possi- neighborhood. — AFP

An investigator had previously told the court that Bashir The head of the UAE Federation of Chambers of Bashir charged received $90 million in cash from Saudi royals including pay- UAE firms scout Commerce who led the delegation to Damascus was ments of $35 million and $30 million from Saudi King unavailable for comment. In a statement, the fair’s Abdullah, who died in 2015. After two-and-a-half hours, the trade at Syria fair... organizers said 26 UAE-based companies had stands with illegal use... judge ordered that the trial be adjourned until September 7. at the fair. A UAE trade delegation document with the He was escorted to and from the Khartoum courthouse by a logo of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce, Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 convoy of military vehicles, as dozens of his supporters were obtained by Reuters, listed at least 42 delegates. gathered outside waving Sudanese flags. Washington has been lobbying Gulf states including funds were the remainder of the equivalent of $25 million Following his ouster, Bashir was transferred to the capital’s “Our goal is to create a market in Syria and take the UAE to hold off restoring ties with Syria, sources that he had received from the Saudi crown prince. “My office maximum-security Kober prison, where thousands of politi- part in big construction projects,” said Mohamed manager... received a call from the office of Saudi Crown cal prisoners were held during his 30 years in power. Sudan Hamad Awad Al-Karim, Business Development told Reuters earlier this year. “I am not happy to see a Prince Mohamed bin Salman saying he has a ‘message’ that has embarked on a transition to civilian rule following a pow- Manager at Dubai-based Al-Shamsi, a supplier of delegation of Emirati businessmen in Damascus to take will be sent on a private jet,” Bashir told the court. er-sharing deal signed on August 17 by protest leaders and ceramic products. A representative of Arabtec part in a conference organized by the butcher regime “We were told that the crown prince did not want his the generals who ousted Bashir. A civilian-military ruling declined to comment when approached by Reuters in of Bashar, whose hand is stained with the blood of the name to appear (linked to the transaction)... and if the funds body is now at the helm to steer the country through a three- Damascus and its head office did not respond to an Syrian people,” Emirati political scientist Abdulkhaleq were deposited with Sudan’s bank or the finance ministry, the year transitional period. Protesters have called for Bashir to emailed request. Abdulla wrote on Twitter on Thursday. — Reuters source would have to be identified,” he said. Dozens of face justice not just over corruption but for his role in the Bashir’s relatives attended yesterday’s session, chanting country’s deadly conflicts as well as repression of dissent. “Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest)” as he entered the court- Bashir is wanted by the Hague-based International common”, Amnesty International said yesterday. room pointing his index finger to the sky. Criminal Court over his role in mass killings in the western India leaves Local lawmaker Ananta Kumar Malo, whose name Bashir failed to specify when the funds were received but region of Darfur. More than 300,000 people were killed and was missing from the list, said he was appalled by the said they “were not used for private interests but as dona- 2.5 million displaced in the conflict which erupted in 2003, process. “There are some problems with the system, tions”. The funds were used to support individuals and enti- according to the United Nations. nearly 2m... otherwise how can they exclude my name?” he said. ties including wheat import companies, a university and a “Now is the time for the people of Sudan to choose The number of mistakes and the fact that those left off hospital, he said. Sudanese law punishes illegal acquisition of law over impunity and ensure that the ICC suspects in Continued from Page 1 the NRC were expected to include large numbers of wealth by up to 10 years in jail while illicit use of foreign funds the Darfur situation finally face justice in a court of carries up to three years, according to judge Abdelrahman. Bengali-speaking Hindus has also turned some in the law,” ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the UN and bad weather to check their names on the list. Bashir’s defense lawyers insisted their client was “not guilty” Security Council in June. Sudan’s prosecutor general BJP against the process. With many “genuine Indians” Only those who can demonstrate they or their fore- and said witnesses would be brought to court. “We have wit- has said Bashir would also be charged over the killings left off, the party is mulling a “fresh strategy on how we nesses, proof and documents that we will present to court to during the anti-regime protests which eventually led to bears were in India before 1971 could be included in can drive out the illegal migrants”, said Himanta Biswa refute these charges,” said lawyer Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Taher. his ouster. — AFP the list. But navigating the complex process is a huge Sarma, a local BJP minister. challenge for many in a flood-prone poor region of high illiteracy where many lack documentation. Indian Camps and suicides Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Those rejected by the tribunals who have exhausted waters. Britain called it a tit-for-tat move but Tehran Bharatiya Janata Party runs Assam, and critics say the all other legal avenues can be declared foreigners and-in US blacklists Iranian denied any connection. NRC process reflects the BJP’s goal to serve only its theory-be placed in one of six detention centers with a The Adrian Darya 1 set sail for the eastern co-religionists. view to possible deportation, although Bangladesh is yet oil tanker Adrian... Mediterranean three days after it was released. In January India’s lower house passed legislation that to signal its cooperation. Ten new such camps have been According to maritime traffic monitoring websites, the would grant citizenship to people who moved to India announced. One with space for 3,000 is being construct- huge tanker has changed direction multiple times, fol- as recently as six years ago-as long as they are not ed in Goalpara, west of Assam’s biggest city Guwahati. Continued from Page 1 lowing no apparent logic. The specialized Muslims. This has stoked fears among India’s 170-mil- The camps currently hold 1,135 people, according to TankerTrackers social media account noted Friday lion Muslim minority for their future. the state government, and have been operating for Lebanon swiftly dismissed the scenario, stressing after the vessel listed Iskenderun as its destination that Home Minister Amit Shah, Modi’s right-hand-man, years. Nur Mohammad, 65, spent almost 10 years in that it never buys crude oil because it does not have little could be read into it. has called for the ejection of “termites” and said before one such camp until a Supreme Court order saw him refineries, and adding that it had not received any “Consider this just a record update rather than any- the BJP’s thumping re-election victory in May that it released this month. docking requests from the tanker. Iran said Monday it thing substantial. We believe a transfer is still a few would “run a countrywide campaign to send back the “I was born here and lived in Assam all my life,” he had “sold the oil” aboard the tanker and that the owner days away. Turkey will not import this oil,” it said. It infiltrators”. Those left off the NRC have 120 days to said this week. “I don’t know if my name will be in the will decide the destination. earlier described it as “aimlessly moseying around the appeal at special Foreigners Tribunals, which the gov- NRC or not.” Media reports say there have been It did not identify the buyer or say whether the oil Med”. Tensions between arch-enemies Iran and the US ernment says are being expanded in number. more than 40 suicides caused by concern over the had been sold before or after the tanker’s detention in have soared ever since Washington stepped up its But activists say that tribunal members are often NRC. Samujjal Bhattacharya from the All Assam the Strait of Gibraltar. It also said it could not name the campaign of “maximum pressure” against Tehran and underqualified and are subject to “performance” tar- Students’ Union (AASU), a key driver behind the actual destination due to “economic terrorism” by the reimposed sanctions after leaving the landmark 2015 gets, and that the process has been riddled with incon- NRC, said the register was necessary to protect United States and its sanctions on Iran’s oil sales. In nuclear deal last year. Syria, which has ports on the sistencies and errors. Instances of people being Assam’s indigenous “sons of the soil”. “We are not July, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Mediterranean, is also under a raft of US and European declared foreigners because of clerical errors, such as ready to live here like a second-class citizens in our impounded a British-flagged tanker in strategic Gulf sanctions over its eight-year-old conflict. —Agencies differences in the spelling of names, are “appallingly own motherland,” he said. — AFP Established 1961 25 Sports Sunday, September 1, 2019 Betts homers in 1st, 15th as Red Sox edge LA Angels Pirates pound Rockies, continue Coors Field success

ANAHEIM: Mookie Betts’ two-out home run in the had two hits and an RBI, and Michael Brantley and top of the 15th inning snapped a tie and lifted the Jose Altuve also had two hits for the Astros, who have Boston Red Sox to a 7-6 win over the Los Angeles won seven of their past eight games and 10 of 12. Angels on Friday night/Saturday morning in Anaheim, Astros starter Wade Miley threw 95 pitches before he Calif. It was Betts’ second home run of the game — he was removed after 3 2/3 innings. He allowed just one also went deep in the first inning, on the fifth pitch of run and two hits, but walked five and struck out five. the game. His 15th-inning homer, his 23rd of the year, Collin McHugh (4-5) pitched one third of an inning to came on the 473rd pitch of the game. Andrew Cashner get the win. (11-7), the last of eight Red Sox pitchers, did not allow a hit in four scoreless innings to get the win over TWINS 13, TIGERS 5 Trevor Cahill (3-9), who was the Angels’ eighth pitch- C.J. Cron blasted a three-run homer and Minnesota er as well. J.D. Martinez had a home run and a double rolled to its sixth straight victory and eighth consecu- for Boston. Albert Pujols had four hits and drove in tive on the road by pounding host Detroit. It was the three runs, and Brian Goodwin hit two home runs for only homer of the night for the Twins, who now have the Angels, who lost for the seventh time in eight 262 home runs, five shy of the single-season record games and fell a season-worst eight games under set by the New York Yankees last season. Seattle hit .500 (64-72). Shohei Ohtani had a rough game, going 264 in 1997. Minnesota scored 12 runs in the first four 0-for-8 with four strikeouts. innings. Eddie Rosario had two hits, two runs scored and three RBIs. Max Kepler doubled twice, scored PIRATES 9, ROCKIES 4 three runs and drove in another. Jorge Polanco had Melky Cabrera hit a three-run homer, Starling three hits and scored twice, while Nelson Cruz col- Marte had three hits and tied a career high with four lected three hits, a run scored and two RBIs. runs, and Pittsburgh beat Colorado in Denver. Josh Bell also had three hits while Kevin Newman, Bryan RAYS 4, INDIANS 0 Reynolds, Colin Moran and Cabrera had two hits Jesus Aguilar belted a three-run homer to cap a each for the Pirates, who continued their domination four-run seventh inning as Tampa Bay blanked of the Rockies at Coors Field. Pittsburgh has won 13 Cleveland in St. Petersburg, Fla. Avisail Garcia had an ANAHEIM: Luis Rengifo #4 of the Los Angeles Angels is forced out at home by Sandy Leon #3 of the of 17 games in Denver dating back to July 27, 2014. RBI single with one out in the seventh inning for the Boston Red Sox in the fifth inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. —AFP Every position player had at least one hit and start- Rays, who have won two consecutive overall and four ing pitcher Dario Agrazal (4-3) drove in a run for the of five against Cleveland this season. The teams com- Pirates, who have won six of their last eight games. bined for just eight hits through the first 6 1/2 score- the ninth inning, leading host Washington to a wild RANGERS 6, MARINERS 3 Agrazal (4-3) allowed three runs on nine hits in five- less innings before Austin Meadows singled to right win over Miami. Washington’s Daniel Hudson blew a Jose Trevino, the No. 9 hitter in the lineup, went 3- plus innings. field off Shane Bieber (12-7) to lead off the seventh. one-run lead in the top of the ninth, allowing a two- for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs as Texas defeat- Meadows advanced to third on a shallow single to run homer to Starlin Castro, who finished 3-for-5 with ed Seattle in Arlington, Texas. Danny Santana home- A’S 8, YANKEES 2 center by Travis d’Arnaud before coming around to three RBIs. But Miami’s Ryne Stanek (0-4) also blew a red, and left-hander Kolby Allard won for the third Jurickson Profar and rookie Seth Brown drove in score on Garcia’s single to left field. save chance, giving the win to Hudson (8-3). Howie time in five starts since being acquired from Atlanta in three runs apiece as Oakland won at New York. Profar Kendrick started the winning rally with a leadoff sin- a July 30 trade for reliever Chris Martin. Allard (3-0) homered in the second inning off CC Sabathia, and CUBS 7, BREWERS 1 gle, then advanced to second on Trea Turner’s walk allowed two runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He then snapped a 2-2 deadlock with a two-run double Nicholas Castellanos hit a pair of two-run home and to third on a Jorge Alfaro passed ball. That set up walked one and struck out four. Right-hander down the right field line off Tommy Kahnle (3-1) in the runs, and host Chicago cruised past Milwaukee behind Rendon, who lined a 2-1 slider to left. Emmanuel Clase pitched a scoreless ninth for his first sixth. Brown came off the bench to go 3-for-3, giving starting pitcher Jose Quintana. Castellanos hit home career save. him seven hits in his past seven at-bats, one hit shy of runs No. 21 and 22 in the first and second innings, and METS 11, PHILLIES 5 the longest streak in franchise history. A’s starter Brett Quintana (12-8) helped himself with his first career Amed Rosario keyed a five-run outburst in the ORIOLES 14, ROYALS 2 Anderson (11-9) tossed six innings of two-run ball, extra base hit, a run-scoring double in the Cubs’ eighth inning with a tiebreaking two-run single and Hanser Alberto and Pedro Severino combined for allowing six hits and two walks with one strikeout. three-run second inning. Castellanos has 11 home runs New York snapped a six-game losing streak at the nine hits as Baltimore trounced host Kansas City. The in 27 games with the Cubs, after hitting 11 in 100 expense of host Philadelphia. Todd Frazier followed Orioles had season highs in runs and hits (21). John DIAMONDBACKS 5, DODGERS 4 games as a Detroit Tiger before being traded. Rosario’s hit with a three-run homer for the Mets, who Means (10-9) picked up his first career win against Tim Locastro scored the go-ahead run in the hadn’t led for more than a single inning in any of their the Royals. Means, who was a teammate of Royals eighth on a balk after reaching base on a strikeout as BRAVES 10, WHITE SOX 7 losses to the Atlanta Braves or Chicago Cubs over the center fielder Bubba Starling at Gardner-Edgerton Arizona rallied to beat the Los Angeles in Phoenix. Adeiny Hechavarria’s pinch-hit single in the sev- past week. That was the first of two late three-run (Kan.) High School, allowed two runs on five hits, tying Locastro opened the eighth with a swinging strikeout, enth inning drove home two runs and gave host homers for Frazier, whose second blast capped a five- his career best with seven innings pitched. Eric but the pitch got away from catcher Russell Martin for Atlanta some breathing room in withstanding a rally run ninth. Michael Conforto hit a two-run homer earli- Skoglund (0-1) took the loss. He gave up six runs on a passed ball. Locastro stole second, went to third on to beat Chicago. The Braves loaded the bases on er in the ninth. nine hits in four innings. Jorge Soler entered the a soft single to center by Adam Jones and was award- walks, and Hechavarria greeted reliever Evan Royals’ record books in the first with his 38th home ed home plate when right-hander Yimi Garcia (1-4) Marshall with a two-out liner to center field that GIANTS 8, PADRES 3 run, tying Mike Moustakas’ 2017 season. balked. Garcia failed to step off the rubber while look- extended Atlanta’s lead to 8-5. Hechavarria has 10 Brandon Belt hit the third pitch of the bottom of the ing to throw to first base. Arizona tied its season high hits and nine RBI in 12 games with the Braves since first inning for a two-run home run, and Madison REDS-CARDINALS POSTPONED with its fifth consecutive victory. joining them on Aug. 16. The White Sox scored twice Bumgarner threw a dominant seven innings, highlight- The game between the Cincinnati Reds and St. with two outs in the ninth against reliever Anthony ing host San Francisco’s victory over San Diego. Belt Louis Cardinals was postponed because of inclement ASTROS 7, BLUE JAYS 4 Swarzak. That forced the Braves to bring in closer finished with three RBIs, Buster Posey had three hits, weather, setting up a pair of doubleheaders this week- George Springer had a three-run homer and drove Mark Melancon, who struck out Tim Anderson for and Mike Yastrzemski homered and scored three end in St. Louis. Saturday was already scheduled to be in four runs as Houston defeated host Toronto in the the final out to earn his seventh save. times for the Giants. Belt’s homer was his 16th of the a doubleheader, with games scheduled for 1:15 p.m. opener of their three-game series. Springer’s home season. Bumgarner (9-8) allowed only one run, on ET and 7 p.m. ET. Friday’s postponement will now run broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning, and his RBI dou- NATIONALS 7, MARLINS 6 Machado’s 28th homer, while giving up four hits and make tonite a doubleheader day, as well, with games ble in the sixth stretched the lead to 6-1.Alex Bregman Anthony Rendon hit a two-run, walk-off single in two walks. He struck out nine. at 1:05 p.m. ET and 7:05 p.m. ET. —Reuters

the bronze medal he won at last year’s Harasawa bounced world championships in Baku. Earlier, Japanese teenager Akira by Czech Krpalek Sone bagged gold on her world cham- pionship debut, upsetting Cuba’s for- All Blacks fuelling at world judo mer Olympic champion Idalys Ortiz in the women’s heavyweight final. TOKYO: Czech giant Lukas Krpalek The 19-year-old Asian Games gold Italy rugby ambitions beat Japan’s Hisayoshi Harasawa to medallist quickly forced Ortiz onto the MILAN: For the European youngsters camp finished capture judo’s world heavyweight title back foot, sustained pressure bringing with an emotional presentation of the traditional All yesterday and fire a warning for next a third penalty against the +78-kilo Blacks ceremonial “Haka”. For five days 42 young- year’s Tokyo Olympics. division’s top-ranked fighter and giv- sters — including three girls — aged 12 to 18 years The hulking 28-year-old won half- ing Sone victory. had been immersed in Kiwi culture during the inau- heavyweight gold at the 2016 Rio “All I was thinking about today was gural “All Blacks Clinic” on the outskirts of Milan. Olympics and looked ominously winning that gold medal,” said a Former players Anthony Tuitavake, 37, and 43- strong after stepping up to the +100- sweat-drenched Sone after capturing year-old Norm Maxwell — with 42 All Black caps kilogram class. Entering with a roar Japan’s fourth gold of the week. between them — directed sessions in the classroom at Tokyo’s iconic Budokan, venue for “I was determined not to show any and on the pitch along with New Zealand coaches the 1964 Tokyo Games and next year’s weakness or give her any opening Evan Crawford and PJ Williams. Run in conjunction Olympics, Krpalek was awarded vic- because she’s so strong. I didn’t care with Rugby Milano, a club in the Italian second tier tory after Harasawa picked up his how I won, I just wanted it so badly. TOKYO: Czech Republic’s Lukas Krpalek (white) competes against South Korea’s Kim Min-jung in men’s over 100kg category semi-finals match during the 2019 Serie A, the clinic attracted children from not only third penalty deep into the golden “I tried to attack and set the tempo,” Italy but Greece, Belgium and Slovenia. “It may score. added the Fukuoka native. “The goal Judo World Championships at the Nippon Budokan, a venue for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo yesterday. —AFP sound arrogant but it’s about bringing the game of Harasawa, the 2016 Rio Olympic now is to do the same at the Tokyo rugby to Italy and to share the All Black way of doing silver medallist, had stunned Georgian Olympics and make sure I win gold things,” said Crawford. the week. The hosts have also picked ing eight of the 15 gold medals avail- giant Guram Tushishvili in the semi- there too.” “Just like Italy have wonderful football teams like up six silver and five bronze medals. able. But the host nation could face finals, robbing him of his world title. Japan’s defending world champion Juventus and AC Milan, in New Zealand rugby is in France have won three gold medals more resistance at the 2020 Tokyo In the absence of France’s Olympic Sarah Asahina had to settle for our blood.” There was the technical side of the game, but no silvers and just two bronze. Olympics on the evidence of the past champion Teddy Riner, the 27-year- bronze. Japan top the medals table but also how their culture has made New Zealand Japan also dominated the 2018 week, the amuse-bouche to next sum- old ran out of steam in the final, after Joshiro Maruyama, Uta Abe and world champions a record three times. world championships in Baku, captur- mer’s main event. —AFP although still secured an upgrade on Shohei Ono bagged golds earlier in The fact that Wales have ousted New Zealand from the top of the world rankings after a decade was also month. Dan Biggar will step in to the starting XV you want to get over to Japan and spend six weeks with discussed along with the choices of All Blacks coach World Cup whose first match at the World Cup is against the boys and hopefully there is a pretty big trophy at Steve Hansen and Conor O’Shea’s 13th-ranking Italians Georgia on September 23 in Toyota City. “I don’t the end of it.” before the World Cup starting on September 20 in think it is fully going to hit until I wake up at eight in Anscombe, who said he felt “pretty numb” when the Japan. “In New Zealand when you sing together it heartbreak yet to the morning to watch the boys run out in Japan,” scan revealed the anterior cruciate ligament damage to brings everybody together,” continued Crawford. Anscombe told The Times in his first interview since his right knee and also an injury to his meniscus, said he “When the boys and girls arrived on Monday we start- fully hit Wales star his dreams were dashed. was not sure teams required four warm-up games ed singing. They found that surprising but it’s all about Anscombe, who qualified for Wales through his before the tournament itself. bringing people together than makes rugby great.” Welsh mother, says his injury put paid to two years of “They are tough,” he said. “It’s pretty rare that you Maxwell, who racked up 36 Tests with the All Anscombe careful planning by Gatland in how best to use him and go ten weeks without a game and then your first game is Blacks as a rampaging lock forward, also stressed the Biggar during games. a game of international rugby. “We need the games. community aspect of the game. “We worked on the LONDON: Gareth Anscombe says the impact of miss- “We spent a hell of a lot of time working towards this Whether four is the magic number I don’t know.” basics, but the first message of the New Zealand ing the Rugby World Cup will not hit home till the star and particularly the last two years, what we’ve achieved Anscombe, who revealed the surgeon took a graft from champions is linked to the concept of kindness, smile fly-half sees his Wales team-mates run out for their first has been pretty special,” said Anscombe, who was first his hamstring — “that’s my new ACL,” he says noncha- and encourage,” he said. “We start the day with a pool match in Japan. capped in 2015. “It is disappointing for that journey to lantly — believes Wales have a chance of winning their ‘Buongiorno’ and from there we build strength in the The 28-year-old New Zealand-born playmaker — end so quickly. It wasn’t meant to be for my journey. “It’s first World Cup and give the departing Gatland the ulti- field. “‘Together’ is the other key word. The All Blacks who was man of the match when Wales overwhelmed been pretty eventful, but I feel like I’ve been able to mate leaving present. uses a Maori song to explain it — Tutira mai nga iwi, Ireland 25-7 in March to win their third Six Nations become a lot more comfortable in the group. “It’s not the be-all and end-all but I do think it’s really Tatou tatou e” (Stand together people, all of us, all of Grand Slam under Warren Gatland — will miss the “That’s the hardest thing. You spend all this time important that we can win the pool (the winners would us). “Always focus on your objective. Success sport’s quadrennial showpiece due to a knee injury he training — I spent two weeks in Switzerland doing a lot play the runners-up in Pool C likely to be either England depends on you. We are never alone but we take suffered in a warm-up match with England earlier this of hard work — and for it to be taken away so quickly, or France),” he said. —AFP strength from our companions.” —AFP 26 Established 1961 Sports Sunday, September 1, 2019 Rubio stars as Spain shrug off slow start to Basketball WCup

Serbia make emphatic start to Basketball World Cup

GUANGZHOU: Phoenix Suns star Ricky Rubio led on by the home crowd suffocated the Ivory Coast into Spain with 17 points as the title contenders made a submission, 70-55. There was disappointment for visit- slow start to their Basketball World Cup campaign in a ing President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, whose 101-62 victory over Tunisia yesterday. The Olympic side were well beaten 108-62 by Italy. bronze medallists have been touted as a threat to reigning two-time champions the United States, who Savage Serbia are without their big names in China. Strongly fancied Serbia made a similarly ruthless But the Spanish were not at their best in the first half start to their World Cup assault, thrashing Angola 105- against minnows Tunisia despite boasting Marc Gasol, 59 in the opening match of the tournament. Serbia were the 34-year-old centre who played a key role in the strong favourites against Angola in the southern city of Toronto Raptors’ historic run to the NBA crown. Foshan and wasted no time stamping their mark on the Spain led by just three points at half-time and there World Cup. was the whiff of a huge upset, but they stepped on the The United States, who have named a young side, gas after that in Guangzhou with Rubio also clocking open their title defence on Sunday in Shanghai against up a leading nine assists. “Always the first game is a the Czech Republic. The Americans are without the little tricky, you don’t know how it will go,” said the likes of LeBron James, but Serbian coach Sasha 28-year-old point guard, who joined the Suns this Djordjevic said that Gregg Popovich’s team — still summer, adding his team had not been aggressive packed with NBA talent — remain the side to beat in enough at the outset. China. “I am not thinking about the USA team,” “Playing with the national team is different (from the Djordjevic said. “I do respect them, I think they are the NBA),” he added. “You play with your friends, for your biggest favourites.” “They don’t have some of the play- country, and for your family too. “It’s huge.” Hosts ers but they still have a great, great team with great China suffered a fright against the Ivory Coast before players, great coach.” battling to victory against the lowest-ranked in the 32- Guard Bogdan Bogdanovic, of the NBA team team competition. Sacramento Kings, led the way for Olympic and world A rabid sell-out crowd at Wukesong Arena in Beijing silver medallists Serbia, scoring 24 points against the was silenced as the Ivorians, ranked a lowly 64th in the wilting Angolans. “Serious game, serious approach, world to China’s 30th, took a shock lead into the sec- serious preparation,” said the stern Djordjevic. ond quarter. The home side, who boast a towering front “It’s our trademark all these years — playing court of three seven-footers — Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi and together, we like to share the ball, we like to pass, we Wang Zhelin — were in danger of getting swallowed up have a lot of guys who are not selfish. “This is really GUANGZHOU: Tunisia’s Ziyed Chennoufi (R) dribbles past Spain’s Victor Claver during the Basketball World Cup by high expectations. great for a coach, I’m proud when I see that, it’s the Group C game between Spain and Tunisia in Guangzhou yesterday. — AFP But China pulled level 29-29 at the break and willed trademark of Serbian basketball.” — AFP Kuwait wins third place in Budapest Starc strikes as International Open Australia thrash Tennis tournament Derbyshire DERBY: Mitchell Starc pressed his case for a Ashes KUWAIT: Kuwait’s table tennis player won third berth with a four-wicket haul as Australia completed place in the Budapest International Open for the indi- their preparations for next week’s fourth Test at Old vidual Juniors Tournament, which concluded on Trafford with a comfortable innings and 54-run win Thursday. over Derbyshire yesterday. Kuwait National Table Tennis Team participated as Starc, yet to feature in the Ashes, ended the match part of its training camp which was held in Hungary for 15 minutes before lunch on the third day in Derby two weeks, with 20 players from various age groups. with two wickets in two balls. He had Hamidullah Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Table Tennis Federation Qadri caught in the slips by Matthew Wade before Khalid Al-Khudhari said the training camp was a suc- clean bowling Dustin Melton. cess both physically and technically, and many matches With Derbyshire paceman Tony Palladino unable were held. He said the players benefited from the daily to bat because of an ankle injury, the match ended training, in addition to official matches. with Derbyshire 112 all out. Left-arm fast bowler Al-Khudhari lauded the support of Chairman Ali Al- enhance the technical level of the team. shape. He said “we participated in two categories U11 Starc finished with figures of 4-39 in 10.4 overs. Dabbous and board members and their follow up of Meanwhile the team’s manager Sabri Jamaan said and U13, and competition was very strong with the Australia came into this three-day game after a the team progress in the camp. He also lauded the role the beginners and juniors had an interaction with many participation of 180 players, who competed with the stunning one-wicket loss in the third Test at of the Public Authority for Sports and its keenness to European players and appeared in good technical knock out system. Headingley where England all-rounder Ben Stokes’s superb 135 not out saw the hosts level the five- match series at 1-1. Andrade’s reputation for brutally seeing off opponents. Derbyshire resumed yesterday on 53-3, 113 runs Zhang wins China’s Andrade has six years’ experience in the UFC and behind Australia’s first innings 338. Australia opener was coming off a crushing first-round title victory in Green seizes LPGA Marcus Harris was off the field with stomach illness. first UFC title May over then-champ Rose “Thug” Namajunas of the After Australia star batsman Steve Smith had made United States. But Zhang, who is known for her ferocious Portland lead 23 on Friday in his first competitive innings since buzzsaw attacking style, never allowed Andrade to get returning from concussion on Friday, attention in stunning style going. “As a Chinese person, I feel so proud,” she said. turned to Starc. “Today, I want to dedicate this victory to the 70th with 63 as Kim SHENZHEN: Zhang Weili thrilled a Chinese home anniversary of the motherland,” she added, referring to QUICKEST PITCH crowd with an upset knockout of UFC strawweight the approaching anniversary on October 1 of the found- chases with 61 Australia’s World Cup spearhead could be champion Jessica Andrade that took just 41 seconds ing of Communist-ruled China. Zhang has now won all recalled for the fourth Test, with the pitch at Old yesterday, making her China’s first champion in the four of her UFC fights, and has a 20-fight winning Trafford expected to be the quickest of the series. world’s biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. streak in all competitions. LOS ANGELES: Hannah Green fired an eagle But it was fellow paceman Michael Neser, uncapped The experienced Andrade, who came into the fight She moves to 20-1, with that single loss coming in her and seven birdies in a nine-under par 63 on at Test level, who struck first yesterday when he tied for the most wins by a woman in UFC history with first MMA bout in 2013. Zhang trained in martial arts as Friday, seizing the second-round lead as low bowled Alex Hughes for 11 to leave Derbyshire 58-4. 11, charged the underdog Zhang from the start. But the a child but was inspired to enter MMA by the success scores abounded at the LPGA Portland Classic. After a brief rain break, fast bowler Peter Siddle Brazilian ran into a barrage of punches and knee kicks of pioneering former women’s world champion Ronda Green’s round, following on the heels of a first- — looking to regain his Test place after being omit- from Zhang that sent her staggering to the canvas as the Rousey, who dominated the sport for years. round 64, was the lowest of her career and gave ted at Headingley — had Harvey Hosein (eight) referee waved the fight over. The Zhang-Andrade bout was the third time this year her a 17-under total of 127. caught behind by diving wicketkeeper Alex Carey, “Last year in Beijing I vowed to become the first that female fighters had topped the card at an event But it was just one of the sizzling efforts at added to the squad for this match to deputise behind Chinese champion, and I did it!” Zhang, 30, declared staged by the UFC, with one more on the horizon before Edgewater Country Club, where Kim Sei-young the stumps for Tim Paine. afterwards at the UFC Fight Night event in a sports are- the end of 2019. Earlier this year, the UFC opened what posted a tournament record 10-under 61 for a Australia captain Paine was one of several front- na in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. it bills as the world’s largest MMA training and develop- share of second on 132. She was tied with fellow line players rested from this match including opening Zhang was the first Chinese fighter to even get a title ment base in Shanghai. South Korean Park Sung-hyun, who carded a 65. batsman David Warner and the Headingley attack of shot from the UFC, which is pushing hard into a Chinese The center is aimed at building the UFC brand in “I don’t really feel like I’ve shot nine-under, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, James Pattinson and market where interest in MMA is growing rapidly. The China and at nurturing the next generation of Chinese I feel like I’ve maybe shot five or six — which off-spinner Nathan Lyon. Mitchell Marsh, like Starc decision had raised some eyebrows as Zhang was only mixed martial arts fighters, who can now draw inspira- is nice,” said Green, who made her first LPGA pushing for his first Test of the series, then took two the sixth-ranked strawweight in the world, and given tion from Zhang’s victory. — AFP win a major title at the Women’s PGA wickets in three balls to reduce Derbyshire to 99-7. Championship in June. It “means I’m probably He had left-hander Leus du Plooy, who made 86 in not too nervous.” Derbyshire’s first innings, lbw for 37 and then Green made a strong start with birdies at the bowled Alfie Gleadall for a second-ball duck. first and third — and said she could easily have This was former Australia captain Smith’s first been three-under through the first three holes. match since being hit on his unprotected neck by a “I actually missed a short putt on two for 92 mph bouncer from England fast bowler Jofra birdie,” she said. “But I just gave myself really Archer in the drawn second Test at Lord’s. good opportunities all day. But against Derbyshire he batted with a stem “I think when I had the eagle on five, that’s guard neck protector on his helmet despite previ- when I was like ‘OK I think I can go low again ously saying he felt uncomfortable using one. The today,’” said Green, who added birdies at six 30-year-old Smith is set to return to Test duty at Old and seven, 10 and 11 and 17. She hit 16 of 18 Trafford. His absence was a blow to Australia at greens in regulation and needed just 27 putts — Headingley given Smith’s sparkling form in his first including her eagle bomb. Test series since completing a 12-month ban for his “I had like a 30-foot putt so I wasn’t thinking part in a ball-tampering incident in South Africa that about holing it too much, just wanted to make cost him the captaincy. sure if I did miss it I gave myself a tap-in. “I had Smith scored two centuries — 144 and 142 — in the flagstick in and it just knocked in.” Australia’s 251-run win in the first Test at Edgbaston Kim surged up the leaderboard with 11 and made 92 at Lord’s after retiring hurt on 80 when birdies and no bogeys — a 10-stroke felled by Archer. In order to accommodate Smith and improvement on her opening 71. “I wanted to Marnus Labuschagne — who has made three suc- shoot low because yesterday I wasn’t playing cessive Test fifties since coming in as a concussion good,” she said. “So I wanted to bounce back substitute for Smith at Lord’s — in Manchester, today. I tried to keep going, focus whatever Australia may leave out Harris and promote Usman SHENZHEN: Zhang Weili (C) of China celebrates after defeating Jessica Andrade of Brazil (not pictured) during happened. — AFP Khawaja to open with Warner. — AFP in their UFC mixed martial arts (MMA) bout in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, yesterday. — AFP Established 1961 27 Sports Sunday, September 1, 2019 Djokovic rolls on while Federer, Serena breeze at US Open Australia’s Alex de Minaur causes upset

NEW YORK: Top-ranked defending champion Novak was solid from start to finish. Djokovic rolled into the US Open fourth round on “What matters the most is that I’m in the third round Friday while Serena Williams and Roger Federer after those two sort of slow starts,” Federer said. “I cruised into the last 16 and Kei Nishikori was eliminat- actually can go through three sets in a row playing ed. Djokovic, champion in four of the past five Slams really good tennis.” and 16 overall, was less bothered by left shoulder pain Evans blasted organizers for giving him short rest that nagged him in the second round in defeating 111th- after a rain-delayed match while his 38-year-old Swiss ranked American Denis Kudla 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. rival rested after playing Wednesday under the roof at “That I managed to play almost pain-free, that’s a Arthur Ashe Stadium. Williams continued her quest for big improvement from last match obviously,” Djokovic a 24th career Grand Slam title to equal Margaret said. “I didn’t know how my body would react. That was Court’s all-time record by crushing 44th-ranked Czech nice.” Djokovic, who needed treatment throughout his Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-2 in 74 minutes. second-round triumph, skipped practice Thursday in “I had a lot of intensity today, which is really good favor of shoulder treatment. for me,” said Williams, whose next opponent is Croatian “I’m not going to go into the medical details,” he 22nd seed Petra Martic. The 37-year-old American, a said. “But it definitely was bothering me in the past six-time US Open champion, last won a Slam at the couple weeks.” The 32-year-old Serbian, a three-time 2017 Australian Open and hasn’t won the US Open US Open winner, booked a Sunday showdown with since 2014. Japanese seventh seed Nishikori, the 2014 three-time Slam winner Stan Wawrinka, the Swiss 23rd US Open runner-up, lost to Australia’s Alex de Minaur seed who eliminated Italian lucky loser Paolo Lorenzi 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. The 20-year-old Aussie, on his deep- 6-4, 7-6 (11/9), 7-6 (7/4). est Grand Slam run, took his first victory over a top-10 “There’s something with him that when I get into my foe in 12 tries. best game, I know that it’s going to have some big ral- “This is where I feel like my game’s at. I want to be lies and I’m going to play good tennis,” Wawrinka said. pushing second weeks of Grand Slams and putting Djokovic, no worse than a US Open semi-finalist since myself out there,” De Minaur said. “Hopefully I can just NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Denis Kudla of the US during the Round Three a third-round exit in 2006, leads Wawrinka 19-5 in keep it rolling.” Men’s Singles match of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. — AFP their all-time rivalry, but they haven’t met since Russian fifth seed Daniil Medvedev made an Wawrinka beat Djokovic in the 2016 US Open final. obscene gesture during his 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 7-6 (9/7), 6- “We’ve had some great battles over the years, but 4 victory over Spain’s Feliciano Lopez. The ATP the moment and started losing the momentum so... was Pliskova, the 2016 US Open runner-up, outlasted especially here,” Djokovic said. “Let the better player Cincinnati winner was booed by the crowd repeatedly tough. I don’t really remember but I paid for it the Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 while Barty dis- win.” Federer routed Britain’s 58th-ranked Dan Evans after holding an upraised middle finger aside his head whole match after.” patched Greek 30th seed Maria Sakkari 7-5, 6-3. 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in only 80 minutes, blasting 48 winners to for stadium cameras but away from chair umpire Reigning French Open champion Ashleigh Barty, the Pliskova next plays British 16th seed Johanna Konta just seven for Evans. After dropping the first set in his Damien Dumusois after receiving a code violation. Aussie second seed, and Czech third seed Karolina while Barty, a possible Williams quarter-final foe, meets first two matches, the 20-time Grand Slam champion “It was tough,” Medvedev said. “I was in the heat of Pliskova, chasing her first Slam title, also advanced. Chinese 18th seed Wang Qiang. — AFP

things and I say the relationship is Lukaku hits Zidane happy good, I don’t care what anyone says. The important thing is my day-to-day work and that I have the chance to back at critics with Madrid coach this great team.” Madrid have brought in Eden Hazard squad: Perez from Chelsea but the Belgian has a thigh of his weight injury and will not return until after the international break. Hazard began train- LONDON: Inter Milan striker Romelu MADRID: Zinedine Zidane insists his ing alone on Friday. Real have also Lukaku defended his professionalism in the relationship with Real Madrid president signed Eder Militao, Luka Jovic, wake of criticism over his weight towards the Florentino Perez is strong and he is Rodrygo and Ferland Mendy, with end of his time at Manchester United. happy with his squad ahead of the Zidane refusing to rule out further addi- The Belgian joined Inter in a 65 million transfer window closing tomorrow. tions before the window shuts. euro ($73 million) move earlier this month Madrid have spent around 300 million Neymar’s future at Paris Saint- after two years at Old Trafford. euros this summer but Zidane has not Germain remains uncertain while Lukaku scored 42 goals for the Red Devils, selected a single new signing in his first Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen and Ajax’s but just 15 of them came last season as he fell starting line-ups for the first two games Donny van de Beek are also believed to down the pecking order once Ole Gunnar of the season. be targets. “Until Monday at midnight, Solskjaer replaced Jose Mourinho. Zidane hoped the club would sign everything can happen, one surprise, And former Manchester United captain Paul Pogba, but Manchester United two surprises, but the match is tomor- Gary Neville was among those to criticise would not sell, and sell Gareth Bale, but row,” Zidane said. Lukaku’s physical condition, claiming he MILAN: File photo shows Inter Milan’s Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku celebrates after the Welshman remains determined to “I am proud of the players I have, for weighed over 100 kilogrammes. scoring during the Italian Serie A football match Inter Milan vs US Lecce on August 26, 2019 see out his contract, which expires in me they are the best players. Even when “He (Neville) can talk about my fitness but at the San Siro stadium in Milan. — AFP 2022. “The decisions that are up to me you say you want to make some he should never say anything about my pro- are on the pitch,” said Zidane in a press changes, the important thing is when the fessionalism, that I don’t work hard enough,” conference on Saturday, ahead of season starts, you are happy and I am Lukaku told the BBC. “That is something he because we didn’t win and I wanted to win long loan deal this week. United will still pay Sunday’s league game away at Villarreal. happy. “I cannot complain about the cannot say. All the coaches I have had say the with the club - but they gave me a chance,” a large chunk of the Chilean’s reported “My relationship with Florentino squad that I have. If I complain, I can same thing about me. added Lukaku. £400,000 a week wages so keen were they Perez has always been very good, he change jobs.” Keylor Navas has fallen “What did Ole Gunnar Solskjaer say when “I got to play for one of the biggest clubs to cut their losses on a disastrous signing. will always be the president that behind Thibaut Courtois in the race to I was on the training ground? What did he in the world, so I will always be respectful to Sanchez has scored just five times in 45 brought me here and I will never forget be Madrid’s first-choice goalkeeper and say? That I always work hard and always do them. At the end, I thought it was better for appearances since joining from Arsenal in that. “Sometimes it is better to clarify is expected to join PSG. — AFP my best to try and improve myself. Same with me to move on and try different things.” 2018, but Lukaku believes the two can form a Jose Mourinho and (Belgium and former Lukaku was particularly complimentary on potent partnership in Serie A. — AFP suming they remain at Tottenham Everton manager) Roberto Martinez. Now the way Solskjaer handled his exit. beyond tomorrow’s European transfer (Inter coach) Antonio Conte will say it. “Me and Ole tried to work together but at Arsenal sense deadline. “Last year was just a bad year. It happens one point I had to be honest with him. He was in football. You just have to move on. I am not also honest with me. We found an agreement. Matches on TV chance to further “For us and the club it is difficult to going to sit here and react in a negative way.” I wanted to go. He understood why I wanted handle. Only we can wait,” said Hopes were high that Lukaku could spear- to go. “It is something I will always be grate- (Local Timings) unsettle Spurs Pochettino on still not knowing how his head a new era for United when he joined ful to him for. We had a conversation man to squad will look for the rest of the season. Eriksen has started just once, while from Everton for £75 million ($91 million) in man. I told him how I felt and he understood. ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Vertonghen has missed out on all three 2017, but he left Manchester having failed to He will always get massive respect from me Everton FC v Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 16:00 LONDON: Arsenal used to take ruling games so far this season. win a trophy. and massive protection.” beIN SPORTS HD 2 the roost over Tottenham for granted, Arsenal FC v Tottenham Hotspur 18:30 Their presence has been missed in a “For me, the Manchester United experi- Alexis Sanchez followed Lukaku’s path by but the balance of power has swung beIN SPORTS HD 2 worrying trio of performances that con- ence is one I am grateful for - not a good one also leaving United to join Inter on a season- Spurs’ way over the past three seasons tinued a stark drop-off in results in the SPANISH LEAGUE as they have become north London’s Valencia C.F v Real Mallorca 18:00 second half of last season. Eriksen came need to work on that, but I am sure we will be Champions League regulars. beIN SPORTS HD 1 Today’s derby clash between the two off the bench to help turn around a 1-0 strong.” Vettel was left frustrated by traffic on Leclerc claims RCD Espanyol v Granada CF 20:00 offers the Gunners an early chance to deficit at home to newly-promoted his final run. “At the end, it’s good we secured beIN SPORTS HD 3 show why this season will be different. Aston Villa on the opening weekend of the front row, but to fight for pole I was in the Atletico de Madrid v SD Eibar 20:00 pole as Ferrari Spurs appeared to have all the momen- the season into a 3-1 win. queue!” beIN SPORTS HD 3 A 2-2 draw at Manchester City was Villarreal CF v Real Madrid CF 22:00 tum at the end of last season after Referring to his big crash in final practice in lock out front row beIN SPORTS HD 3 reaching the Champions League final for only respectable on the scoreboard as the morning, Hamilton said: “P3 was a terrible the first time and moving into a new the Premier League champions pep- session for me and it’s painful because I know ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE 62,000 capacity stadium — 2,000 more pered Pochettino’s men with 30 shots on how much it takes to build the part and put the SS Lazio v AS Roma 19:00 SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Charles Leclerc than Arsenal’s Emirates. goal to three. And worse was to come in car together. “Ferrari have done a great job and beIN SPORTS HD 4 claimed pole position for today’s Belgian Grand However, another frustrating transfer a shock 1-0 home defeat by Newcastle I hope we can bring the fight to them.” Atalanta v Torino FC 21:45 Prix with a dazzling lap in a dramatic qualifying Premiere Sport 2 window followed despite making their last weekend that means Spurs have tak- session yesterday as Ferrari delivered a domi- Nico Hulkenberg was seventh in the second US Lecce v Hellas Verona FC 21:45 first signings for 18 months. A club en just 15 points from their last 15 nant front row lockout. Renault ahead of Kimi Raikkonen of Alfa beIN SPORTS HD 10 record fee was splashed on Tanguy Premier League games. Udinese Calcio v Parma Calcio 1913 21:45 The Monegasque, who was quickest in two Romeo, Sergio Perez of Racing Point and Kevin Ndombele along with the arrivals of Arsenal hold a two-point advantage Magnussen of Haas. Hamilton has won eight of beIN SPORTS over their local rivals heading into this of the three practice sessions and is seeking his Genoa CFC v ACF Fiorentina 21:45 Ryan Sessegnon and Giovani Lo Celso. maiden victory in Formula One, clocked a this year’s 12 races to date to lead Bottas by 62 beIN SPORTS HD 5 However, all three are unlikely to start weekend and remain a work in progress fastest lap in one minute 42.519 seconds. He points in the championship. Cagliari Calcio v Internazionale Milano 21:45 today with Ndombele and Sessegnon themselves. Yet, having missed out on was 0.748sec clear of his Ferrari team-mate On a near-perfect day in the Ardennes beIN SPORTS HD 4 injured, while Lo Celso is still getting up the riches of the Champions League Sebastian Vettel. forests, the air temperature was 31 degrees US Sassuolo Calcio v UC Sampdoria 21:45 to speed after arriving on transfer dead- again last season, Unai Emery cannot beIN SPORTS It was his third pole of the season after centigrade and the track 42 as the session line day for English clubs. share Pochettino’s frustration at not began, the session was halted after five min- being sufficiently backed in the transfer successes in Bahrain and Austria, but he goes GERMAN BUNDESLIGA The words and actions of Tottenham into the race seeking to claim his maiden vic- utes when Robert Kubica pulled up with flames SV Werder Bremen v FC Augsburg 16:30 boss Mauricio Pochettino suggest Spurs’ market. tory, having been left frustrated at both previ- pluming from the rear of his Williams as anoth- beIN SPORTS season will only get off the ground after Emery could unleash £72 million ($87 ous races. er new Mercedes power-unit failure. Eintracht Frankfurt v Fortuna D¸sseldorf 19:00 the upcoming international break once million) club record signing Nicolas It was Ferrari’s first lockout since the It was the second stoppage of the day fol- beIN SPORTS the transfer window across Europe has Pepe alongside Pierre-Emerick lowing Hamilton’s crash in third practice, an closed. Pochettino claims his squad are Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette Bahrain Grand Prix in March and the 63rd in FRENCH LEAGUE the team’s F1 history, one fewer than Mercedes. accident that resulted in high-speed repairs on Stade Rennais v OGC Nice 16:00 “the most unsettled group” he has for the first time from the start. Defending five-time world champion and his Mercedes as it was fitted with new front beIN SPORTS HD 6 worked with during his six years in Pepe showed why he was so coveted series leader Lewis Hamilton was third for wheels, a new nose, bargeboards and floor. Stade Reims v LOSC Lille 16:00 charge, with doubts over the futures of this summer with flashes of brilliance even Mercedes ahead of his team-mate Valtteri The session resumed after 10 minutes, with beIN SPORTS HD 4 Christian Eriksen, Jan Vertonghen and in defeat by Liverpool last weekend that Bottas, Max Verstappen, who was fifth for Red Hamilton immediately back in action courtesy RC Strasbourg v AS Monaco FC 18:00 Toby Alderweireld. ended Arsenal’s perfect start to the season. beIN SPORTS All three have entered the final year The Ivorian will have the chance to make Bull, and Daniel Ricciardo of Renault. of the unexpected extra time. He responded Olympique Marseille v Saint Etienne 22:00 “That felt good,” said Leclerc. We were with a fast lap. That was, topped immediately beIN SPORTS HD 6 of their contracts meaning they can himself an instant Arsenal hero against a struggling a little bit more for race pace and we by Bottas and then the two Ferraris. — AFP leave the club for free next summer, pre- struggling Spurs defence. — AFP Established 1961 Sport

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MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva (R) shoots past Brighton’s English defender Lewis Dunk (L) to score their fourth goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFP Manchester City cruise to the top Leicester moves third, Chelsea flop again

LONDON: Manchester City cruised to the top of the Aymeric Laporte was stretchered off with a knee injury had given the Blues all three points at home to newly- cross to restore Leicester’s lead, but the Belgian should Premier League with a 4-0 win over Brighton yester- that looks certain to rule him out of winning a first cap promoted Sheffield United by scoring twice more have been sent-off for a high challenge on Wilson. day as Chelsea lost further ground in disappointing for France in upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers. before the break. However, after a VAR review, the original decision to draws with Southampton and Sheffield United. City may come to regret not buying a replacement However, the Blades hit back at the start of the sec- let Tielemans escape unpunished stood, and Vardy Leicester moved up to third as the Foxes unbeaten for departed captain Vincent Kompany at centre-back ond-half through Callum Robinson and Kurt Zouma’s sealed the points 17 minutes from time. Crystal Palace start to the season continued in a 3-1 win over as holding midfielder Fernandinho had to deputise at own goal a minute from time earned the visitors an backed up their shock victory at Old Trafford last Bournemouth thanks to two goals from Jamie Vardy, the heart of the defence for the final 52 minutes. unlikely point in a 2-2 draw. weekend with a 1-0 win over 10-man Aston Villa thanks while victories for Crystal Palace and West Ham take However, Aguero soon made the game safe by blast- As United and Chelsea stumble, Leicester are the to Jordan Ayew’s goal 17 minutes from time. them into a share of fourth. ing high into the net just before the break and pro- closest challengers to the top two so far as Jamie But Villa, who had Egyptian international Trezeguet duced another sublime finish to curl into the top corner Vardy scored twice and teed up Youri Tielemans for sent-off early in the second-half, felt aggrieved as Henri CITY WIN COMES AT A COST for his second 10 minutes into the second-half. his side’s other goal, but Brendan Rodgers’s men were Lansbury’s late goal was harshly ruled out for a dive Liverpool can move back above City should they con- Substitute Bernardo Silva then rounded off the scoring also lucky Tielemans did not see red in another con- before the ball reached the midfielder by Jack Grealish. tinue the only 100 percent start left in the Premier for the champions. troversial VAR call. West Ham also have seven points from four games as League later at Burnley, but City were never in danger of Vardy opened the scoring in stunning fashion by goals either side of half-time from Sebastien Haller and dropping points at the Etihad as Kevin de Bruyne tapped BLADES BLUNT CHELSEA lobbing Aaron Ramsdale from outside the box, but Andriy Yarmolenko secured a comfortable 2-0 over home David Silva’s cut-back after just two minutes. After scoring his first Chelsea goals away to Bournemouth levelled thanks to a neat finish from Norwich. Watford got their first point of the season, but Victory came at a cost for Pep Guardiola’s men as Norwich last weekend, Tammy Abraham thought he Callum Wilson. Tielemans tapped home Vardy’s low remain bottom after a 1-1 draw at Newcastle. — AFP

Daniel James’s fine start to his United career contin- signed for the departed Romelu Lukaku or Alexis second yellow card and give United the upper hand in Solskjaer bemoans ued with his third goal in four games to give the visitors Sanchez, who have both joined Inter Milan. the closing stages. The lack of striking options available an early lead. But despite spending £130 million ($158 With Martial sidelined by a thigh injury, there was to Solskjaer saw him turn to 17-year-old Mason million) on improving their defence with the signings of even more responsibility on Rashford’s shoulders, but it Greenwood in the search for a winner and he nearly missed chances as Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, United are still was James who impressed most to again show signs his provided it for his first Premier League goal as Angus susceptible at the back and Jannik Vestergaard pow- £15 million move from Swansea will be a bargain. Gunn made a flying save to his right. Man Utd held by ered home Southampton’s equaliser after half-time. The Welsh winger was allowed too much room by But Southampton held out to leave United with just The hosts then had Kevin Danso sent-off for a sec- the Saints defence to cut inside onto his favoured right five points from their opening four games to sap the 10-man Southampton ond bookable offence, but United could not make the foot and rifled a shot into the top corner. However, optimism from a convincing 4-0 win over Chelsea on extra man count despite relentless late pressure. “We Solskjaer’s men failed to build on that advantage, with the opening weekend of the season. “The strange thing started off well, got the game exactly where we wanted Rashford guilty of two missed chances before about it is the three other games that we haven’t won SOUTHAMPTON: Manchester United manager Ole and that’s when you need to finish the game off and Southampton levelled just before the hour mark. were better than the Chelsea one,” added Solskjaer. Gunnar Solskjaer admitted his side are lacking a clinical score the second and the third,” said Solskjaer. Just like for the opening goal in last weekend’s “The Chelsea one is the game that they pressed us, touch in front of goal after they were held 1-1 by 10- “There are so many spaces on the pitch because shock 2-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace, Victor pushed us back and we counter-attacked. The other man Southampton at St. Mary’s yesterday. they have to press and we weren’t clinical enough, we Lindelof was too easily beaten in the air as three we’ve been dominating, creating chances and just United have now dropped points for the third time in create loads of chances and the last bit is missing.” Vestergaard powered home his first goal for haven’t been clinical in front of goal to win the games. the first four Premier League games of the campaign Solskjaer insisted on Friday he is happy to rely on Southampton from Danso’s cross. “We missed penalties, missed chances and should and have won just one of their last 10 matches stretch- Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial to carry the Danso almost undid his good work, 17 minutes from have won today as well. It’s not a dip in form, (but) it’s a ing back to the end of last season. goalscoring burden this season with no replacement time recklessly diving in on Scott McTominay to earn a dip in results definitely.” — AFP